In the article Beyond Tiger Mom Anxiety: Ethnic, Gender and Generational Differences in Asian American College Access and Choices by OiYan Poon and Ajani Byrd in 2013, it mentioned that there are 2 types of anxiety for selective college admission: US society racial anxiety and Tiger Parents anxiety. It also addressed that Asian American students in college are really stereotypical thanks to their Tiger Parents, which means that the parents’ opinions has a strong influence on their children. This article seemed interesting to me since I personally have a Tiger Mom. My mom always tells me that “I want you to live a happy life, but you can’t be happy if you don’t have financial backup.” And I think it’s strongly related to Asia being so poor in the past. And this makes parents want their children to make the most money as possible and being the most talented and successful as they can. And this is a potential thread for other races if Asian Americans works harder and become more competitive than others in there workfield. I think this might be one of the reasons that the society fears about: the rising of Asian Americans.
Question: What makes Asian Tiger Moms more strict to their children than white moms to their children?
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