Chinese And Western Culture In Child Rearing

comparison of Chinese and Western ideas of child rearing in her essay entitled “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior.” This essay is an excerpt from her controversial 2011 book entitled Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom and was published as an op-ed in a 2011 edition of The New York Times. In this essay Chua strives to challenge the readers’ idea of Chinese mothers and the way that they choose to effectively raise their children, and to present the reader with a comparison of child rearing techniques throughout

Raising a child is one of the most beautiful, difficult and rewarding jobs that most people will ever have. How one chooses to raise their child depends entirely on how one sees fit; however many other things come into play such as genes, family, culture, and community. Through these environmental factors each child is raised to a particular norm within a culture; this paper hopes to explore cultural differences in child rearing across the globe. Bornstein (2012), said that “every culture is characterized

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 styles by including socialization goals and by looking at the similarities

Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior ------------------------------------------------- Amy Chua “Hey fatty – lose some weight.” Do you think this sound like a mother who is superior? According to the Western idea of what good parenting includes this would be intolerable, but if you consider this from an Eastern point of view this wouldn’t be wrong or abnormal. In additional it seems that Chinese parents can get away with things that Western parents can’t which alludes to talk about two different child-rearing

raising a child is a complex and daunting task, in which, parents have encompassed both their beliefs and practiced into their own parenting style. Both stories, Mother Inferior was written by Hanna Rosin and Why Chinese Mothers are Superior was written by Amy Chua, explore the different parenting styles and methods. Mother Inferior focuses on allowing children to freely express themselves, while Why Chinese Mothers are Superior

adulthood. Culture is a way of life, a learned behavior, passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to another and can vary greatly based on nationality, ethnicity, religious values, and beliefs. With increasing globalization, it is paramount that cross-cultural values are understood by educators, healthcare providers, and parents to better understand and address the needs and desires of the next generation. This literature review will focus on the Chinese/western values and

Health risk associated with the Tiger Mom parenting style versus Western parenting style and how it affects the education of their kids. Recently we have been overwhelmed with the comments of strict parenting techniques used to enforce respect and discipline, education, and success. Attention has been focused on the 2011 book "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" by Amy Chua. The Chinese culture "Tiger Moms" has made child rearing a mental Health issue, which could lead "to the development of low

can only do their best in different situations. How parents act in child rearing is called parenting styles, and geographically speaking there is a wide variety of styles practiced. The most controversial styles are the ones adopted by the eastern and the western cultures in the world. While eastern parents are stricter and demanding, western parents are more flexible, nurturing, and more tolerant. Amy Chua’s article “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior” and Hanna Rosin’s

Studies have confirmed that all cultures make a noticeable distinction between girls and boys, either consciously or subconsciously. A study on gender socialization in Chinese Kindergartens (Chen & Rao, 2010) states that although the Hong Kong government does not require the teacher to teach about gender. However, there is subconscious gender-based discrimination favoring the male gender. To the contrary, America is taking a turn to gender education, starting as early as Kindergarten (FPIW, 2016)

another language expect English and also they do not understand another culture. With the developing of globalization, lots of people move from the motherland to other countries to seek their new life. With this increasing trend, there is a new population, they have different characteristics with the original country's. According to “pair of tickets”, the author Amy Tan uses the personal experience to reveal difference of two culture, which shows on language expression, Ethnic identity and development