In fact, there have long been problems between the generations of immigrant families--the parents "from the old country" and the children born and bred in the new represent two different cultural traditions, creating a "generation gulf" in terms of education, language, behavior, value systems, and ethnic consciousness.
其實移民家庭的兩代之間，早有許多問題存在。身為第一代移民的父母與第二代在異國成長的子女，正代表兩種不同的文化，在教養、語言、行為模式、價值觀，以及種族認同的差距，有人曾打趣：該用「代海」來形容。