Alonzo Vasquez- Mexican immigrant to the US

Moving to America seemed to be our only choice. With the poverty in Mexico becoming so unbearable, the move was our best option. We could no longer afford to keep our land back in Mexico, and the US seemed to be such a great opportunity for us all. In reality though, the way we are here is better off financially, but the family I once had is now falling apart. You ask why? My answer is simply this: money.
My name is Alonzo Vasquez, and I moved my family from the poverty in Mexico to the US in hopes of finding a better life. Those hopes have yet to fully be realized. The biggest setback: my family is falling apart.
My family was an actual family back in Mexico. We now are all working in some way or another. I am working in a factory, as well as my wife in another. Both of my children have found work in other places. All we think about is money. Since it was our biggest worry in Mexico, the need for it here is more important than anything. I hope that this change is only temporary, but I fear that it will be permanent.
My two children have become much more independent than they were in Mexico. In getting jobs and earning their own money, they are displaying characteristics that would normally only be found in adults back home. They both are not listening to me and their mother as much as they used to, making their own decisions on how to spend their extra money, and speaking more English amongst themselves than their native tongue. The conflicts around the house have increased dramatically, which has much to do with their money making affecting their attitudes.
The changes we are being put through are what these whites call “Americanization.” This change has taken what I used to call my family and turned them simply into money makers. Although we are financially better off here in the US, I miss who my family used to be and am worried they will forget where they came from.
Coming from poverty, my children really need to be able to remember their Mexican heritage and what they have been through. For the same reasons they teach history in schools, my family needs to be able to remember what has happened so that they know what it is like to work for a dollar and to overcome misfortunes they have already seen in their lives. If they are unable to remember their previous hardships, they will not be fully capable of enjoying the luxuries of a better life.