Tiger Parenting Styles

The second article that I found helpful in explaining the outcomes of the tiger parenting on youth and children is the article written by Yuwen and Chen called Chinese American adolescents: perceived parenting styles and adolescents' psychosocial health. Yuwen and Chen describes the idea that when children experience the tiger parenting style then “Asian American adolescents experience higher levels of depressive symptoms than their same-gender white counterparts” (Yuwen & Chen p.236). These results of depression can be linked to the high stress levels Asian children have developed do to the constant demands their parents set on them. On this article it is described the connection between Chinese parenting styles and the outcome of Chinese-American
These results have been associated with the Chinese parenting style to which Chinese girls are being raised. On the article they explain the idea that when Chinese families don’t have healthy communication with their children this could lead to higher risks of depression because of the lack of understanding from both parts. Furthermore important evidence was that in both cases males and females reported poor communication between them and their parents. These children also presented to have few choices regarding friends than their non Asian friends. Both male and female Asian-American youth reported to have strict family rules, parental expectations and a big importance on moral integrity and family values. Asian mothers happen to have higher expectations towards their children than the fathers. An interesting comparison between Asian American boys and girls is that there is a gender difference in parenting styles, for example female have higher restrictions than male Asian American
On this article they talk about two predominant parenting styles, authoritative because it leads to higher academic achievement as well as authoritarian because is the parenting style most used by Asian families (Huang, 2015,P. 390). Authoritarian parenting is linked to restricting their children autonomy, and parents who perform this parenting style have little interest in their children’s needs and wants. Parents have low interest in their children’s concerns, and they also have low interest in the responsiveness to their children’s needs. Asian children are affected by the tiger parenting approach because they may feel that their parents don’t love them, and because they don’t have a healthy attachment to their parents. Often times because of these parental approach Asian children feel neglected. There is a lack of attachment between parents and children; the lack of attachment would lead the child to present a sense of insecurity. Chinese parent hold the idea that scholars have the highest status in society therefore they have the idea that if their children are high educated, and excel in every subject, then they will be able to become great leaders that can contribute to society. Chinese parents justify their approach by stating their concern about their children having a prosper future, that is they are