As the youngest child, I never held as many responsibilities as my sister. My parents depended on my sister to help them on everything She was responsible for translating, contributing to household chores, and taking care of me. She did all this while also attending school and upholding respectable grades. It seems really rough to put so many responsibilities on a young girl, but this is the dominant discourse on childhood in a Latin American family. As Orellana explains, Latin American children are expected to help around the house, but the responsibilities held by each child is different. Intersectionality pays a special attention to these differences and illustrates how different identity markers contribute to the amount of work they receive.
