Fass

"As humanity in transit takes center stage in the twenty first century, it is the children that are most memorable" ¹(937)

"We need first to question the assumptions that lie behind this exhibit: that the normal state of child life is stability, and that children are naturally innocent and dependent. These assumptions have become deeply embedded in a Western ideal of childhood that is increasingly broadcast through Western media and international agencies to the rest of the world."² (937)

"The degree to which migrant groups continue to be racially defined will have huge consequences for their children, because race, unlike ethnicity, has historically been viewed as an inheritable trait."³ (940)

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referring to filipino women migrating to the US "In most cases, these women leave their children behind with grandmothers, aunts, fathers or other relatives as they send good parts of their wages back to improve the lives and prospects of their children and other family members."⁴ (942)

o

"Indeed, much of migration history concems the disassembling of families in order to underwrite a family process of survival and/or success."⁵ (942)

"This means that women often have to depend on extended kin for child care arrangements." ⁶(943) migration often becomes an alternative to divorce ⁷(943)

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"effectively using educational opportunities is part of the phenomenon of contemporary migrations generally," ⁸(944)

o

The very "marginality"of these migrating children makes them more ambitious and better students."⁹ (945)

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"Despite their so-called "innocence" children are remarkably insightful, resilient, and resourceful, and adolescents especially can sometimes initiate migration demands"¹⁰ (948)

1 PS Fass, ‘Children in Global Migrations’, Journal of Social History 38:4 (2005), 937—953, 937.

2 PS Fass, ‘Children in Global Migrations’, Journal of Social History 38:4 (2005), 937—953, 937.

3 PS Fass, ‘Children in Global Migrations’, Journal of Social History 38:4 (2005), 937—953, 940.

4 PS Fass, ‘Children in Global Migrations’, Journal of Social History 38:4 (2005), 937—953, 942.

5 PS Fass, ‘Children in Global Migrations’, Journal of Social History 38:4 (2005), 937—953, 942.

6 PS Fass, ‘Children in Global Migrations’, Journal of Social History 38:4 (2005), 937—953, 943.

7 PS Fass, ‘Children in Global Migrations’, Journal of Social History 38:4 (2005), 937—953, 943.

8 PS Fass, ‘Children in Global Migrations’, Journal of Social History 38:4 (2005), 937—953, 944.

9 PS Fass, ‘Children in Global Migrations’, Journal of Social History 38:4 (2005), 937—953, 945.

10 PS Fass, ‘Children in Global Migrations’, Journal of Social History 38:4 (2005), 937—953, 948.