Your Immigrant Parents Aren’t Helpless Victims: What South Asian Americans Need to Know

For many South Asian Americans, there’s a quiet, persistent ache that comes with watching your immigrant parents struggle in a world they weren’t born into. You see their confusion at new systems, their exhaustion, their longing for familiarity—and you feel torn. And while there’s truth in their hardship, this narrative misses something vital: our parents are not helpless. They are incredibly resourceful people who survived what most of us can barely imagine.