Immigration There are several ways in which immigration affects intra-generational and intergenerational contact within the family. Many immigrant families today have been in the country for at least two or three generations. This creates a sense of differentiation between the younger and older generations, where the older generations may still remember with fondness the home country, while young people experience no such connection. This could either lead to conflict or better communication between the generations. Older people could, for example, tell stories related to their memories of the old country. Conflict could arise when the younger generation is interested only in the target country, where new experiences and friends are made. Such a situation could result in a rift between the generations, where the older generation would communicate better among each other than with the young generations. In a situation where the family comes to the target country for the first time, however, the communication situation would be different. The older generation may experience...

While this could cause conflict, the decision to emigrate is most likely made for the good of the family, which could lead to better and more honest communication about the feelings of the family about coming to a foreign country. It is therefore possible that both intra- and intergenerational communication can be strengthened by immigration, although conflict situations are possible.
When a person has been in a target country as a third-generation immigrant, it is possible that he or she may become interested in learning about his or her family roots. There are several triggers that may cause this. A country like the United States, for example, has so many different representative cultures, that it is unlikely that every immigrant family's traditions can be accommodated by public means, such as via festivals and the like. Seeing the way in which others celebrate their family and cultural traditions via public…