In an urban suburb about twenty miles north of New York City lives little, seven-year-old Xinfeng Fāng, or Xin, as his family and friends call him. Both of his parents are first generation Chinese immigrants; however, they have always strived for their son to grow up as a “typical American child,” whatever that means to them. Having both moved to the states together when they were both in their early twenties, they always strived as best as they could to give Xin for free the life, they wer