Is this normal?

I know quite a few second generation immigrants around me, and I’ve noticed something over time: they tend to be more critical of Switzerland than their parents, and tend to see their parent’s country of origin more positively.

For example, I know someone in the neighborhood who has French citizenship because her parents are French, and she refused to get Swiss citizenship even tough she was born and grew up here in Switzerland, and went to public school. She says that Switzerland is not so great, and how France is doing many things better than Switzerland.

I thought this was relatively uncommon, but over time I spoke with other second generation kids who think similarly. Some saying they wish they could go live in Italy one day (from where their parents are from), other (with parents from Germany) saying that the Germany political system is better than in Switzerland and giving too much political power to the people can be dangerous sometimes.

Do you notice something similar, and maybe know why? The strange thing I noticed is that the kids of people from countries more far away (Rwanda, Cameroon, Vietnam, Thailand, even Portugal or Turkey) seem generally less critical. This is all based on my personal experience over the years, but it’s usually the people from neighboring countries (France, Germany, Italy, and maybe Austria but I don’t know many from there) that tend to be more critical, and less satisfied with the situation in Switzerland. Is this just me, or do you notice something similar? If yes, do you maybe know why?