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Millions of people leave their countries of origin every year, because of economic, political and social factors in order to find better living conditions for themselves and their families in another country. In Italy the migratory flows are constantly growing, the need to increase the presence of linguistic mediators in public services such as schools, courts, hospitals is not met. This is why immigrants and foreigners are increasingly resorting to nonprofessional mediators. When they have to access various social services for various needs, they are often forced to end up using a person from their own language community who fluently speaks the language of the host country, and usually the people who speak more fluently are children and teenagers. Translation between parents and children gives rise to a phenomenon called Child Language Brokering which is described as the activity of linguistic and cultural mediation by children and adolescents within families or immigrant communities. In this article the CLB will be analyzed, starting from a general vision that focuses on the early studies and the consequences, both social and emotional, on children-linguistic mediators. The Italian context will be deepened, based on testimonies originating from a personal professional activity of linguistic and cultural mediator of Russian and Romanian languages. The CLB is a particular facet of mediation by non-professionals and has conflicting opinions. The aim of this research is to be able to provide a general picture which in first instance could explain what is this so little known phenomenon and then help to adopt a position towards it. "Is CLB beneficial or non beneficial for child language brokers?" is the question synthesizing this research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Our contribution intends to investigate, in the dimension of everyday life, one of the aspects through which - in our opinion - it is possible to analyze the dynamics of integration of immigrants in Italy. In fact, the increasing presence in recent decades of children of immigrant families within the Italian school has highlighted the need for constant and effective communication and interaction between the family and the school. The contribution focuses on the first results of a study, dedicated precisely to this aspect, carried out in a city in Southern Italy, in a lower secondary school that every year records a significant increase in pupils of foreign origin. Our work analyzes the perceptions of the teaching staff regarding the involvement of immigrant families in the school context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

«Shut up, if not I'll hit you», is a story, but also a sort of thought on the violence within my family of Italian emigrants in Argentina. It is a path along the violent moments that I have heard, or the moments of violence that I experienced firsthand during childhood. A family of Mediterranean origin, patriarchal, but also matriarchal, dedicated to the wine industry. The pioneer, the children, the wives, the money. All tied to a violence that tells us about a lifestyle that still exists. Violence suffered by women. And also violence from mothers and grandparents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social Networks, Honor and Justice among Immigrant Families from Italy to Brazil. Power in the Village. [Extracted from the article]

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Family and School can find their point of encounter in the education of the young, following the logic of cooperation and co-responsibility. In fact, the presence of parents within the school not only has positively impacted learning, personal growth and social development of young people, but also represents a precious opportunity for the family and the school itself. For this reason, it is also important to involve parents who come from a migrant background, as a new educational challenge. The school can, in fact, become a place of encounter and lively exchange among families, thus fostering the social integration of the latter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article describes the affectionate virtues of the family bonds involving grandparents. Today, regardless of the different directions that individual lives can take, grandparents are grouped together by a single sentiment: a great joy, a growing enthusiasm that leads them towards a generous and unconditional closeness to their grandchildren. Grandparents are a very significant presence in the first phase of childhood, precisely due to their willingness and commitment to be a firm and reliable point of reference for the new family, as the event of a child's birth requires and seeks attention and support from the family network. The article then goes on to examine the relationship dynamics between parents and grandparents. Complex in their own way, they need to be dealt with consciously and within the harmony of positive feelings, for the sake of the children's good upbringing. The last reflection is dedicated to immigrant families in educational contexts, showing that the vicinity and solidarity that can be provided by the school community is a highly valuable resource for these families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study deals with immigrant families' mental health and their access to public mental healthrelated services, and aims at pointing out the main problems associated with the reception and assistance to immigrants. We consider international scientific articles discussing this issue published in the years 2010- 2011, and our focus is primarily on the strategies followed by mental health agencies in order to assist the entire immigrant family unit, thus providing support for both parents and children. Access to mental health services and facilities is examined on the basis of the users' viewpoint and the mental disorders reported as well as the quality of the available services and the factors affecting dropout. We also investigate the aspects which prove to be potentially stressful in the immigration experience. As indicated in the study, the first challenge mental health care providers have to face is to facilitate access and utilization of services for the immigrants who experience sociocultural isolation and economic deprivation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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