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Why I Started Working On My Relationship With My Asian Dad
He can be misogynistic. I’m a feminist.
How do I deal with him when we barely understand one another?
Oh, Asian Parents. I am one and I have them.
Can we all agree that parents can be annoying?
Different generations, different upbringings, different cultures, different languages…it’s like they don’t get it.
Can this change?
Yes.
As a Millennial of Asian, immigrant parents, I deserve to have open and honest conversations with them.
I deserve to be supported in pursuit of my hopes and dreams.
I deserve to have my opinions validated.
I deserve to be treated as a peer during difficult conversations, not shut down because “I’m too young to understand.”
I deserve to have the courage to be vulnerable with my parents, sharing with them who I am without being judged, ridiculed or belittled.
I deserve to learn from them and they deserve to learn from me.
I deserve to get to know my parents and they deserve to get to know me.
