Family Perspective Immigrant Children In Canada

Immigrant Children in Canada
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Immigrant Children in Canada
Canadian statistics
An approximation of 250000 families that settled in Canada in the year 2011 were immigrants and refugees. However, the number has been changing over the years with few family immigrants. This means that the number of immigrant children is reducing. Also, about 20% of the immigrants are children during the time of arrival in Canada (Boyd & Tian, 2016).
Challenges faced on early learning and care environment
Regarding immigrant children behavior and problems, research shows that the children face the challenge of a language barrier. In most cases, the children can only speak their native language hence making it difficult for them to communicate with other people in the learning environment (Cropley, 2017). As well, a few of them are fluent in speaking the language of their new country. This makes the learning process difficult because the children have to be taught the new language for them to be able to communicate.
Also, the children may face some level of discrimination due to their ethnic origin. It is the wish of every human being to live in a society whereby they feel appreciated for who they are and not what they can offer. As a result, the immigrants expect much appreciation form the native citizens for them to be able to fit in the learning environment. An example is the case of group discussions. An immigrant might not be included in the group study out of the reason that they will not have much to offer but would rather be a burden. The new culture comes as a shock to most of the students hence having a negative impact on their studies.
Another challenge is that the children might end up having a bad attitude towards other people as a result of the separation from the peers that they used to associate with. This makes it difficult for them to adapt to the new learning system. Also, they also become a burden to the parent because they have to ensure that such behavior is addressed to prevent the child from ending up in a bad company such as drug addicts (Cropley, 2017). The parents have to combine the behavior correction with education and, thus, it is costly and time-consuming.
As well, immigrant children find it difficult in maintaining their ethnic culture because they have to adapt to the new culture that they have been exposed to. Hence, this becomes a challenge in the early learning and care environment as the children try to do thi...