I feel like culture has always come between me and my mom.
She is Korean and was raised in Korea.
My dad is half-American, half-French (yes, I'm a mutt lol) and was raised in the Air Force, so he spent a lot of time traveling with my grandparents to different places.
When I was born, I was raised in America, in American culture, and am an American citizen.
My mother came over to the US for a while but she never really adapted to American culture like others do. After my parents divorced, she moved back to South Korean and remarried.
Since Korean and American culture is different, we never really stood eye to eye on things and I think she never really could understand me.
Children in South Korea have a very high standard set for them in academics, artistic abilities (instrument playing, etc.), and attitude toward their elders. As anyone who has been exposed to both cultures (and I have to say that I have only been exposed to the South Korean culture only a little since I've only visited there 2 times for a few weeks each and the 2 visits were set years apart) would know, the American standard for kids is well, lower (I'm not saying that in a bad way).
After my mother moved back to SK, I was relieved. I still communicate with her through e-mail and phone and she once or twice a year comes and visits me here in the US but I think that our relationship is better long distant.