Superior Kids, Says New Study” which was written by Susan Adams. It is a study done to confirm or deny the myth that Chinese mothers raise children who are on a higher level intellectually as compared to non Chinese mothers. The article describes positive and negative attributes of both types of mothers based on mythological assumptions. The study concludes a dispute to a study conducted by Amy Chua, professor at the Yale school of law. According to Chua, Chinese mothers’ tenacity and perseverance
In her article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” (2011), Amy Chua is the epitome of the stereotypical Chinese “Tiger Mother” – the demanding and authoritative parent who pushes her child towards excellent academic achievements using strict methods. As Chua acknowledges, the term “Chinese mother” is used loosely, meaning her parenting style is only stereotypical of the Chinese parenting style. Chua’s endorsement of her stereotypical Chinese or Asian parenting style has caused uproar among many Westerners
and rich as one of the “heaven”. Half of the 20th century, the old Chinese immigrated to the United States in order to adapt to the new environment, Have to deliberately into American culture, but to the Chinese culture is still attachment. Their children aspire to be really a member of the American society, the desire to fully integrated into American culture The joy luck club is Amy tan’s novel. This novel tells four Chinese female immigrants to San Francisco's
Authoritative parenting amongst Europeans has a stronger association with high academic achievement than compared to the Chinese, as the definition of authoritative parenting is more in line with what Westerners believe is the best way to rear a well balanced and healthy child (Li, Costanzo & Putallaz, 2010). The study’s main purpose is to further examine cross-cultural parenting
Chinese parenting: Why Chinese kids are so successful and how parenting affects their minds By: Amit Pisipaty “When it comes to parenting, the Chinese always seem to produce children of academic excellence, musical mastery, and professional decorum,” states Amy Chua in her article for the Wall Street Journal, “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior.” She’s right. Chinese Americans are overrepresented in many of the nations elite colleges such as Harvard, Yale, and Princeton and studies show that Chinese
cultural differences. This paper tries to reveal the commonness and construction process by analyzing the experience of intercultural communication between students from South Africa and Sudan. Triandis published a paper, Individualism-Collectivism: A Study of Cross-Cultural Researchers, which examines representative psychologists and anthropologists from around the world. Finally, collectivism can be defined as (1) Material benefit sharing 2)Non-material resources sharing (3) Willing to accept the views
Yale Law School professor and author of “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, begins her article by questioning and explaining the secret to the success commonly seen among children raised by Chinese mothers. Amy Chua’s opinion piece gives a compelling, though fairly biased and subjective, insight into the parenting styles of Chinese mothers. Before delving in to some possible answers, Chua explains that she uses the terms “Chinese mother” and “Western parents” loosely to distinguish the cultural values
Child-Rearing Practices in Chinese and American Cultures The generally accepted way in which children in a society are raised, constitutes its philosophical and social child rearing practice. Child-rearing research has focused on understanding differences in parent’s beliefs and values, characteristics of cultural socialization, and the implications of such variations. “Chinese parents traditionally stress their authority over their children and expect unquestioning obedience from them” (Chiu 1987)
democracy and wealth. In the middle of the twentieth Century, Chinese immigrants arrived the United States, they must deliberately integrated into the American culture to adapt to the new environment. Their children were also eager to become a member of the American society and wanted to be fully included into the American culture. The Joy Luck Club is a novel written by Chinese-American female writer Amy Tan. This novel focuses on 4 Chinese-American immigrant females in San Francisco in the 1850s who
“Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”, Amy Chua, Telling us that Chinese children are more successful in their life than Western children. She compares the methods she trains her kids is different than Western parents and Chinese parents. She gives examples of Chinese parents such as, her kids were trained music many hours a day. She made many rules for her kids were not allowed to do and using term of “Chinese Mothers” Chinese heritage. She chose the activities for her children. In Chua's study of 50