In Response to “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” by
Amy Chua.
In
this article, Professor Amy Chua juxtaposes the parenting ways of “Chinese
mothers” to that of “Western mothers”. She used these two terms loosely because
different parents can fall under these categories. When she talks about “Chinese
mothers”, she meant the way which that type of mothers parent their children. Professor
Chua also relates the parenting ways to her own experiences. One of the
differences between Chinese mothers and Western mothers is that Chinese mothers
believe that their child absolutely have the potential to get perfect grades
and be good at instruments. Western parents do not believe in forcing their
children to do what they didn’t want to do.
A
lot of what the author talked about rang true to my own ear. I have that type
of “Chinese parents” who were very strict and had high expectations. I think
that even though many parents believe that when the parents yell at their
children horrible names and making their children shamed is bad parenting.
However, personally I do not harbor any negative feelings towards my parents.
They were strict, yes, but I know they really cared and they just wanted the best
for me. Of course, they weren’t as strict as what the author had described, but
they did stress that I do not give up. This is a funny and interesting article
as it reflected probably what many first generation Asian American children
went through.
Xishan (Lucy) Ye
Section A02
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