raising a child? Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld’s essay “Why I love my strict Chinese mom” is a response to the all the negative feedback her mother had gotten for her essay “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”. The intention of this essay is to persuade and inform the reader of why Amy Chua raised her daughter Sophia the correct way. Chua-Rubenfeld’s first argument is that the critics (the outsider) have no clue of what the Chua-Rubenfeld family is like (p. 2‚ l. 21). The fact that Chua-Rubenfeld is stating that
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as a Tiger Mother. In the book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother‚ Amy Chua uses this type of parenting and becomes a tiger mother herself. She experiences conflicts and points in time where she feels the need to give up‚ but pushes through everything for her children. Amy Chua also learns from her experiences and builds on her mistakes to bring her children to their fullest potential. In Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua‚ the author explores the theme of conflict between a parent and child
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tense relationship between Chua and her daughter Lulu is shown when Lulu asks her to stop thinking even though Chua hadn’t said anything..Chua’s daughter sensed her mentally judging her performance and could tell that she was being judgemental. Chua’s daughter can tell when she is tense by her posture and facial tells. As judgemental as Chua is of her playing‚ they still share a loving family bond‚ This is seen when Chua’s daughter exclaims “Turn off your brain mommy”.(Chua 47-48) Even though she can
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may choose. The professor and the author Amy Chua wrote the essay “Why Chinese mothers are superior”‚ where she tries to compare western parents to Chinese mothers and their different methods of raising children. Plenty of the people reading this essay may get the wrong idea and misunderstand‚ when Amy Chua tries to present Western parents as bad parents who don’t know how to raise successful children. This is not her intension with the essay. Amy Chua emphasizes in her article that Chinese parents
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Chua is well educated and intelligent‚ pushing her children harder than the teachers at school do. Rodriguez’s parents are not well educated and even with their encouragements for him to do his best in school‚ were not a great help in the process of his
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“why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” by Amy Chua. She talks about how she raises her two daughters to be the best at everything they do. She says that Chinese children are more successful in life then the western children‚ she even thinks when it comes to Chinese children there better at doing school work like math‚ sciences‚ and health. This is because Chinese people are better at parenting and raising their children to be successful “from what” Amy Chua says. She begins talking about what her daughters
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Chua’s book‚ Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother‚ the reader can see that even she‚ a strict Chinese Parent‚ seems to ask herself these very questions. Amy Chua finds herself in a bit of trouble when her daughter Lulu won’t conform to the rules of Chinese Parenting‚ pushing Amy Chua to her breaking point. Through these struggles the reader can see Amy Chua hesitations in her Chinese Parenting‚ giving several glimpses of a parent asking the very question‚ how much is too much before it becomes a problem
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Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior Amy Chua is the author of “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior‚” where she describes the differences in Chinese parenting versus American parenting. In the book‚ Chua‚ describes Chinese parents as very structured‚ only expecting the best from their children. Anything less than the best is not good enough. This structured way of living is stressed in both education and sports. Chua details that the Chinese mother‚ will spend up to 5 or 6 hours a day with their children
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I feel as though women find it perfectly acceptable that they can stay home and raise their families it the conditions are right‚ however‚ if conditions are not right women are willing to join the workforce. As stated by Patsy Prater in Hanna Rosins article‚ “My place is in the home‚ and I’m fine with that‚ so long as my husband is earning the bacon. ‘Course‚ that hasn’t been happening so much lately.” Today women hold half the workforce‚ this trend is continuing. With the housing collapse
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In her essay "Why Chinese mothers are superior"‚ Amy Chua claims that children raised by Chinese mothers are more successful in its direct children who are bred by Western mothers. According to the author‚ the beliefs of the Chinese parents allow their children to excel since they result in a strict‚ direct and strong education. Chua described a study of 50 Western mothers and 48 Chinese immigrant mothers revealed that Chinese mothers believe that their children’s academic success is the direct result
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