Americans Should Stay At Home Essay

When Sandy and husband started their journey of their new lives in the United States, she was leaving behind her family. Sandy spoke about how the elders were treated over in Vietnam and I believe there are many Americans that should take lessons from them. She spoke how the youngest of the children would stay at home and take care of the parents as they grew older. The older children would send finances or any other times that might be needed for the care of their parents. Since Sandy was the youngest and has moved to the United States the job of caring for their parents falls on the next youngest child. When caring for this type of culture the medical personnel should always remember the type of closeness the family has and respect that is shown toward their parents and each other. Their houses would be very close together so they would be there if someone in their family might …show more content…
Vietnam was split into the North and South which were at war with each other for many years. During the Vietnam War beginning in 1955 many of the Vietnamese started fleeing their homeland to the United States during the fall of Saigon. (Jones, (2005) Many refugee camps were set up for the new immigrants coming to America. One camp site was near my home, it was at Fort Chaffee, Fort Smith, Arkansas. While Sandy was growing up her view point about her country’s government was that it did not help the people like they should have. After the war in Vietnam many children were left stranded either by families dyeing or being abandoned by their parents. Several were fathered by Americans and were turned away by many people and left to live on the streets. (Lamb, (2009) Sandy’s grandparents on both sides of the family died during the war. When asked about her grandparents she mentioned she did not know much about them because she did not ask her mother about them, it was disrespectful to talk about them since they