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When it comes to adapting psychological and psychiatric theories to the complex problems encountered when working with patients from migrant backgrounds, a great deal of work still needs to be done in both in terms of care and research. This article, based on clinical and research data drawn from over thirty years of transcultural field experience, offers some insights into the consequences of the current transformations in our societies for the psychic lives of children and their families (globalization, the phenomena of migration and creolization, the establishment of transnational networks between migrants, etc.). In this context, research is essential, but research that starts from the field and returns to the field, that starts from the stories and lives of migrant families and returns to them. Being the child of migrants is a complex situation, but one that is contemporary and increasingly common. Research recognizes specific processes for both parents and children, but making these data available to professionals and society should enable us to help these migrant parents and their children to master this vulnerability and transform it into creativity.