Motherhood across borders: immigrants and their children in Mexico and New York

Introduction

Interlude 1. Parallel Lives

Ideals and Practices of Transnational Motherhood and Care

Interlude 2. When Caregivers and Mothers Don't Get Along

Transnational Mothers and School-Related Decisions

Interlude 3. Drawings

Children and Youth's Perspectives of the Other Side : Ideas of Inequality and Sense of Belonging

Interlude 4. Giving Birth in New York City

Educational Aspirations and Social Trajectories of Separated Siblings

Interlude 5. Camila and Stella

For My Mother : Gendered Education Experiences

Interlude 6. Letter to Carlitos

Conclusion

Appendix A. Transnational Care Constellations

Appendix B. Schooling Systems Here and There

Appendix C. Mexican Migration to the United States by State and Sex, 2010

Appendix D. Demographic Profile of Research Sites in New York City

Appendix E. A Note on Methods.