When I Was Puerto Rican

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fortable enough to discuss with her mother a boy walking her home from school. Parents need to be emotionally available to their children.
The sociological impact on Negi while growing up is directly related to her psychological assessment of life. Many of her experiences become internalized which contribute to her psychological development and the outcome can be positive or negative based on how she integrates these experiences into her self. Her mother was a positive role model who offered emotional support and instilled morals and values in all her children. She knew how to set boundaries and limits and also when to let Negi be independent. Mami had a kind of authoritative parenting style which Roth & Brooks-Gunn (2000) described as “democratic, firm, and loving, was the most beneficial for children and adolescents” (p.112). Mami raised her children in a strict environment where the children knew not to talk back and what was considered punishable. Yet she also gave Negi the freedom to go to school and become her own person and s...