My father is painfully practical and intensely loving, with the kind of radical sensibility of so many other Asian immigrants in America. After all, Baba already took his risks: He started a revolution and fought for it through a horribly bloody war. There are words that kids of immigrants chew out of habit like bubblegum, cliches we keep handy for constant use. It’s no wonder that studies show US-born children of immigrants are at higher risk of anxiety and other mental health disorders than their parents. I tell him I don’t want to disappoint him.

Source: Daily Sun May 06, 2018 23:48 UTC