AdvertisementAissatou Guisse, who moved to the US as a child, sends $250 to relatives in Senegal each month. After I had a child of my own, I decided to set boundaries around how much money I send to relatives back home. I have several friends in the US from Senegal who send money home monthly. I know people in other cultures send money back home, but Senegalese culture is particularly focused on not getting other people's hopes down. I still send the monthly money to my grandma's household, but for other things, I do a critical case-by-case analysis of whether the payment is necessary.

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