If you’ve ever translated for your parents at an appointment, you know trust is a job, not a feeling.

GRATITUDE

WHAT THIS MEANS

Standing in a room turning one language into another for your own parents is work, and it usually got handed to you because there was nobody else. Trust in that setting is not a warm feeling. It is accuracy, and composure, and carrying a thing you were not supposed to be carrying yet. People who have done it tend to know what reliability actually costs.

If this is your job at home, it is fair to name it as one. Ask whether the clinic or the school can provide an interpreter, because many are required to. And give yourself credit for a skill most people your age have never needed.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What responsibility did your family hand you before you felt ready?

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