Managing Differences in Intercultural Relationships and Parenting: Lived Experiences of Real Intercultural Families

The growth of immigration social diversity and advances in global technology have contributed to increased cultural exchange in human relationships and eventually an increase in intercultural marriages and relationships worldwide. This book focuses on the discourses of migration mixedness race ethnicity religion gender and power and their impact on the experiences of intercultural couples and parents. The intimate narratives and lived experiences of intercultural couples and parents demonstrate the challenges rewards and transformative opportunities for intercultural couples and their children especially when dealing with internal and external issues such as culture religion values and traditions parenting gender extended family environment and individual/personality traits. This book offers couples and parents insights tools and strategies to negotiate cultural differences resolve conflicts create common grounds and achieve greater levels of satisfaction in their relational and parenting styles and practices. This book is a definitive guide for current and future intercultural couples and parents.