Caring Across Generations: The Linked Lives of Korean American FamiliesMore than 1. 3 million Korean Americans live in the United States, the majority of them foreign born immigrants and their children, the so called 1. 5 and second generations. While many sons and daughters of Korean immigrants outwardly conform to the stereotyped image of the upwardly mobile, highly educated super achiever, the realities and challenges that the children of Korean immigrants face in their adult lives as their immigrant parents grow