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Although over 40% of the North Dakota population is German from Russia heritage and 50% is Norwegian-immigrant families all-North Dakotan's don't always want the changes that immigrants bring. New ways of doing things, new religious practices, new languages often cause discomfort. Nor do do immigrants necessarily want to become assimilated and change their traditional ways. According to Dr. David Dambom, immigrants often say that the "best and the worst things about the United States are the freedom. Freedom is good when people are able to develop ethnic enclaves and preserve their culture and worship in freedom. But when children challenge authority, or when women begin to think that they're equal to men, then the freedom is not so good." Another change that is difficult for new immigrants is being dependent. In their own country, they were self-ufficient. Now, primarily because of the language barrier, they must depend on their 10 year old child who has learned English.
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