Raising Immigrant Children - Insights from a Daughter

Host Paula Okonneh chats with her daughter, Amaka Okonneh, about her experiences of growing up as a child of immigrants and a first-generation American. The conversation touches on the challenges she faced in terms of faith, self-discovery, emotional needs, and cultural differences. On a positive note, Amaka also shares the valuable lessons of resilience, hard work, generosity and the importance of family imparted by her parents. Looking ahead, she expresses her aspiration to extend her family's tradition of hospitality beyond biological relatives, adopting and fostering children.