In the article‚ “Why Chinese mothers are Superior‚ Chua describes her efforts to give her children what she describes as a traditional‚ strict “Chinese” upbringing.] This piece was controversial. Many readers missed the supposed irony and self-deprecating humor in the title and the piece itself and instead believed that Chua was advocating the “superiority” of a particular‚ very strict‚ ethnically defined approach to parenting. In fact Chua has stated that the book was not a "how-to" manual but a
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raising a child. This attitude is coming from the Chinese parents living in the Western countries. Amy Chua is one of those parents. She has written an article about the differences between Western parenting and Chinese parenting called‚ “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior.” She believes in a strict upbringing where TV and play dates are not part of the agenda. An upbringing where grades lower than an A are downright disappointing and the sentences “I don’t want to” and “I can’t” does not exist
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Why Chinese Mothers are superior In 2011 Amy Chua wrote an article in which she involves people in how Chinese parents are raising their children. There are huge differences in how western parents are raising their children and how Chinese parents are raising their children. As a western person the methods Chua is using seems a little rough‚ but maybe it is the way to go. Her children have never been at a sleepover and the only choices they had was playing the piano or the violin. While reading
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Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior Children all over the world are raised in hundreds of different ways. Some parents strive to get a successful child‚ some are more casual‚ and some parents even relive their youth through their kids. China is on the running course with the rest of the world‚ and when it comes to creating masterminds‚ China is way ahead of everyone else. Should we follow‚ or should we simply go on the way we always have? In the article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” by Amy
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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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Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior There are many different ways to raise your child‚ and there certainly seems to be a clear-cut difference between the ethics of upbringing children in the dissimilar cultures of the world. One of the more prominent and discussable ways of upbringing is the Chinese way‚ a topic which has been written about in an article in The Wall Street Journal by Amy Chua. “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” is the name of the article‚ published on January 8th in 2011‚ a name that
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Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior There are a lot of different ways to raise your child and a lot of different views on which way is right and which way is wrong. Every parent wants to believe that their way of upbringing their child is the right way. That is no different from Amy Chua. In her article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”1‚ she compares the way Chinese children and Western children are raised. From Amy Chua’s point of view Western parents are just not strict enough “All the same‚ even
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Why Chinese Mothers are Superior What is the best way to bring up a child‚ let them choose their own activities in school and after school‚ let them have play dates‚ play videogames and let them choose their way in life‚ and let learn that is okay to make mistakes like the western upbringing or the Chinese way‚ where you decide what’s best for the child‚ don’t give them any spare time and demands perfect grades‚ which way will create a happy child. Amy Chua has chosen the second upbringing for her
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B “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” To the east where the sun rises every morning‚ we find China. We often see their culture as very different from ours and therefor it seems like their “world” is far more distant then it actually is. We are all human and coexisting on this old planet but it is like their world is from another place in the universe and that separates them from us. In her article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” Amy Chua highlights one of the many differences that shows the
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should be available in city library‚ high schools‚ doctors’ office‚ and the easily accessible public areas. Community center may provide educational classes. WHO (2013) promotes breastfeeding‚ stating that “Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to ensure child health and survival”. Positive impact of breastfeeding has been supported by many research studies around the world. Most recent study by Belfield and Kelly (2013) shows that breastfed kids during infancy are more protective from obesity
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