Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior Amy Chua Analysis

Culture is something everybody is a part of, it shapes your identity and depending on where you live your culture can vary a great deal. If only one culture was existent everyone would be more alike which would result in fewer disagreements but since people wouldn’t be as diverse they would be boring and ordinary. It is an issue and a blessing that children in the Chinese culture often are raised with discipline and taught to work hard because it is debatable if this will result in successful children or if they will hold a grudge against their parents. This is the message the professor and mother of two Amy Chua writes about in the article written in 2011 “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”

Amy Chua has raised 2 children with discipline and
Chua is a professor which gives her credibility and she writes with a certain confidence throughout the text. “Chinese parents believe that their kids owe them everything. The reason for this is a little unclear” (P.8, line 99-100). This is an example of Chua losing her credibility as a result of her choice of words, mentioning that it is unclear makes it seem as if she herself has no idea so why should the reader believe anything she says. Chua uses pathos in a special kind of way, she calls her own daughter garbage which is seen in this quote “When I was extremely disrespectful to my mother, my father angrily called me "garbage" in our native Hokkien dialect. It worked really well. I felt terrible and deeply ashamed of what I had done. But it didn't damage my self-esteem or anything like that.” (P.7, line 55-58). She believes this is motivation by cause of her own father who used to call her the same when she misbehaved. If Chua had tried to receive pity out of this sad event, it
I agree to some extend that raising children shouldn’t always be fun and occasionally you are obliged to tell them what to do but I disagree strongly that there is no room for fun or relaxation. Chau also says that it won’t hurt their self-esteem by calling them names and here I disagree again. Children shouldn’t be humiliated and furthermore you shouldn’t push them to play piano if they don’t have the desire to. So to conclude, I agree with her raising her children to be successful, that’s a great concept. However, you shouldn’t push them too hard and limit them on experiencing life, not everything is black and