After reading Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior by Amy Chua‚ I learned three key differences between Chinese and Western “mothering.” First‚ Western parents are focused on the physiological behavior of academics and self-esteem issues with their children while Chinese parents are not. Second‚ Western parents view their children to try their best and do not need to repay the parents‚ in contrast Chinese parents view their children to be permanently in debt to them. Last‚ Chinese parents believe that
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In the article‚ “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”‚ author Amy Chua discusses many of the morals of Chinese parents and what is ultimately behind the decisions they make for their children. She begins by acknowledging the stereotypes of Chinese parents‚ and she explains that she too fell into this category. The author explains how she did not permit certain activities for her daughters because they were not in their best interest. She further explains how being a Chinese parent applies to more
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“Why French Mothers Are Superior” Most parents would agree‚ what it is a full time job to have children and it is hard‚ particularly when they are growing up. Lots of parents recognize the situation at the dinner table‚ when the kids wouldn’t sit still and eat their food as well as the time at the supermarket‚ then they are begging for candy and sweet stuff. And when bedtime comes you will have the endless fights about brushing teeth and going to sleep. These problems are described in the essay
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These are the two major forces driving‚ parenting techniques today. Raising a successful child becomes an important matter as numerous controversial opinions concerning parenting spring up from time to time. Amy Chua‚ in her article‚ “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”‚ argues that to a great extent that the Tiger Mom approach to parenting is the best way to raise a successful child. In contrast‚ her western critics believe that nurturing a child’s self esteem propels them into a world where they
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Different paths to success In the article “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior” written by Amy Chua‚ a professor at Yale Law School and author of other known articles‚ she informs the reader how Chinese mothers educate and raise their successful children stereotypically. In response to Amy Chua’s article‚ Christine Carter wrote “Chinese Mother Controversy: Why Amy Chua is wrong about parenting.” With these two articles it compares how Chinese mother and Western American parents both differently teach
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The essay Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior‚ by the recognized lawyer and author‚ Amy Chua‚ is an essay that as the title might suggest‚ talks about why the Chinese way of raising children is an improved and preferable way of parenting compared to the “Western” style. Daughter of two successful and very strict Chinese immigrants to the United States‚ Chua herself was raised under the severe stereotypical Chinese way of parenting. She earned her credibility‚ and the “right” to talk about this subject
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Amy Chua‚ Why Chinese Mothers are Superior As a young adult raised in a Chinese family‚ my experiences with my parents are drastically different compared to parenting style Amy Chua suggests. In her essay "Why Chinese Mothers aresuperior" Chua explains that being strict can help her children become "successful"‚ has a positive impact for them‚ and is a better method for raising a child. Chua believes that Western parents are too free with compliments‚ and easily let a child give up on tasks they
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bittersweet effect on one’s life. Amy Chua‚ author of “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”‚ is a prime example of a woman that has one ethnic background. Chua is a mother who gave birth to two daughters and she raised her children as a typical Chinese woman would. She has one voice and she does not stray away from it‚ even though she is living in the USA. Zadie Smith‚ author of “Speaking in Tongues”‚ has a British father and a Jamaican mother‚ and this makes Zadie Smith a biracial woman. Smith grew
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Why Chinese Mothers are superior Every parent wants to be proud of their children‚ to see them succeed in school‚ music‚ sports or whatever path they 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
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discuss in their articles “From the Frying Pan into the Fire” and “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior” the different types of work that mothers have today. Both authors argue that despite some mothers may have to go out for work‚ parenting is still a form of duty which all mothers have. These two authors described the definition of work differently. However‚ both authors define their perception of “work” from the same perspective for mothers. It is difficult and complicated for women nowadays to successfully
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