Continuously throughout her writing, Waters speaks on the struggles faced by the West Indian immigrants as they integrate into the American society. Some of the struggles mentioned by Waters relate to the issue of “cultural conflict”; she argues, that many of the hurdles that raise within the immigrant's life, that stem from cultural differences such as child discipline, and parenting (child fostering). Child fostering was a popular form of parenting for the West Indian immigrants, in which children are left with aunts and grandparents to be raised. Parents often times left their children behind with family members as they pursued their work, due to the better education the schools near the family members offer. Within America this form of
