Parenting Styles in Differnt Cultures

Amy Chua stirs up a controversial topic of the differences between Chinese and Western parenting styles in the article “Adapted from Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”. One may believe that the Chinese way is too harsh as others may believe Western parents are too lenient. Any parent can relate to one or both parenting styles that Chua is discussing. This article is reaching out to parents who are unaware of the Chinese and Western parenting styles. To give the readers a better understanding of how each parenting style works. This article was based on Chua’s personal experiences as a Chinese parent.

In the early 1960s, psychologist Diana Baumrid conducted a research, analyzing child-parent behavior, seeking to identify parenting styles. The Baumrid study and other further studies identified four main styles of parenting (Miller, 2010): the authoritative parenting style was characterized by fair rules and consequences; The Authoritarian parenting style was characterized by strict rules and harsh punishment; the permissive parenting style was characterized by minimal rules with little or no consequences; the uninvolved parenting style was characterized by no rules, and parent presence was almost non-existent. In this paper, I’m going to look at the authoritarian style of parenting in an attempt to draw out its characteristics and its immediate and later impacts on children impact.

Amy Chua, author of the book “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, writes about the differences between Western style parenting and Chinese style parenting. Although Chua acknowledges that Chinese parents are strict and Western parents are less strict, she knows it is a generalization. She outlines the high expectations that Chinese parents have for their children. She compares the statistics about strictness in the eyes of Western and Chinese parents. Chua says that Chinese parents get away with things that Western parents can’t. She also expresses that she does things to her children that her parents did to her. She describes Chinese parents as straight up and honest. She describes Western parents as people that care too much

Parenting styles were developed by Diana Baumrind in 1966 at the University of California at Berkeley (Diana Divecha Ph.D, 2015). Baumrind used a model of demands and responsiveness to determine three types of parenting styles. These styles were authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive parenting. Because permissive parenting lacks in demand and discipline, it will not be discussed in this essay. In Baumrind’s model, demands refers to the amount of control parents exert onto and expect from their children. Responsiveness refers to how a parent nurtures and empathizes with their child. Parents with high demands and high responsiveness follow the authoritative parenting style. On

Parenting techniques are different around the world, which is strongly related to how culture has a direct impact on families (Nelson, Nelson, Hart, Yang, & Jin, 2016). For example, East Asian parents try to teach values of honesty, honour, and individualism to their children; meanwhile, Western parents are more likely to endorse a collectivist approach to life, with characteristics like unselfishness, obedience, and respect (Park, Coello, & Lau, 2016). The ways that a Canadian child and Japanese child grow up are very different. Cultures significantly influence both parents’ perceptions and their parenting behaviors.

What is the best way to raise the future? Is it “Chinese Parenting” or “Western parenting”? This controversy aroused in 2011 when an excerpt from Amy Chua’s memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother was published in the Wall Street Journal. Amy Chua is a Harvard graduate, Yale law professor, and a Chinese mother Sohpia and Lulu. Chua’s interpretation and execution of being a Chinese parent has sparked controversy from parents across the globe. Chua has received rapport from “Readers from Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan.” Although, in China readers thought her memoir was trying to promote youth liberties. On the other hand, Chua’s novel stunned readers from Western Europe and Scandinavia, and infuriated the United States. In her re-published novel she includes an afterword in which she details the backlash she has received. For instance, Meredith Vieira said, “Just some of the things people are saying about you: ‘She 's a monster.’ ‘The way she raised her kids is outrageous.’”(Chua 231) As a response to Chua’s memoir and Wall Street Journal article many educators and parents have published their support or dismay. Professor of Clinical Psychology, David Rollock and Ph.D Psychology student Priscilla Lui of Purdue University are co-authors of “Tiger mother: Popular and psychological scientific perspectives on Asian culture and parenting” from the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, an article that raises concern for the mental health of children raised by tiger parents. Sun

There’s no doubt that different cultures do effect the parenting styles of many families. After watching the movie Babies (2010), it had really showed the many differences and similarities of families across the world. The movie demonstrates how the environment in which we live in can also have an affect on parenting styles and even child behavior/ play behavior. Although, we do grow up differently from traditions, there is no doubt that our parents don’t love us differently from any other families.

With over three hundred million Americans and over six billion people worldwide parenting skills are essential to maintain a healthy society. Parenting involves many aspects and requires many skills. It is a time to nurture, instruct, and correct to develop fundamental skills children will need to be mature, responsible, and contributing adults to a society. There are four commonly identified parenting styles; authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and uninvolved parenting. Of the four parenting styles, two remain on opposite ends of the parenting spectrum. These two styles; authoritarian, and permissive both have deleterious results that are often visible throughout different developmental stages, such as rebellious behavior. As well

The concept of a good parent and what it means to embody one is highly opinionated and extremely difficult to define. In a country like the U.S, young children are becoming more racially and ethnically diverse everyday due to a widespread range of different cultures. This makes it a nightmare to determine what is considered good parenting. Cultural norms about parenting practices and values typically stem from a person’s country of origin and how they were raised. In general, a common theme that emerges across cultures is a desire for a child to be obedient, respectful, polite, honest, and successful especially in school. In the stories Two Kinds by Amy Tan and Who’s Irish by Gish Jen the concept of a good parent in an Asian orientated culture is highlighted. In addition, both stories illustrate the cultural division between an immigrant mother and her Asian-American daughter. Although the actions of these mothers are a bit extreme at times by U.S standards, regardless they can be considered good parents because they have their child 's best interest in mind and simply want the best for them.

Research has shown that children typically replicate the behavior of their parents. Parenting styles come in multiple categories such as authoritative, neglectful, permissive, and authoritarian. In which each parenting style has a different effect on each individual. While one child may succeed with a certain parenting style another may not. Authoritative parenting incorporates high responsiveness and highly demanding. In contrary neglectful parenting lacks responsiveness and is uninvolved in the child’s life. Likewise, neglectful parenting is permissive parenting in which has low demands. Furthermore, the authoritarian parenting follows a more military-like way of teaching. With that, the authoritarian style of parenting consists of high expectations and little to none feedback on child's progression. In all each parenting style such as authoritative, neglectful, permissive, and authoritarian shapes a child differently.

Given the diverse cultures that can shape parenting behavior, some basic assumptions regarding the links between parenting styles and developmental outcomes may not be universal. Much research has been conducted on the different parenting styles across cultures. There are also many myths about which parenting style is the best or the most beneficial to the social development of children. Reviewing past literature on this subject matter reveals that the authoritarian parenting style produced more overt aggression and many more social interaction difficulties among young children. Recent research point to the theory that the best parenting style is dictated by the culture in which it is practiced.

The difference between Chinese and American cultures are striking, with the core difference in the very way of parenting style. Chinese cultures are known for their authoritarian parenting with absolute obedience being expected from the children, whereas American parents lean more to the permissive parenting style by firmly requesting certain behavior from their

The variance in the styles of parenting across cultures fulfills a specific purpose and goal within that culture. This approach also agrees with sociologist Melvin Kohn, who discovered that social class is the greatest determining factor of parenting approach (Henslin, 2014, p. 465). Therefore, when it comes to the discussion of Western versus Eastern parenting styles, each style perpetuates the desired outcome of the society surrounding that culture. In Western cultures, that is encouraging strong self-esteem and independence from an early age. On the other hand, Eastern cultures place a strong emphasis on success and being the best as Amy Chua illustrates (2011). When class is considered, the working class has a tendency to be stricter to create an obedient workforce and middle-class encourages freedom and nurturing (Henslin, 2014). Reflected in parenting style, both class and culture use these styles to maintain the status

Parenting a child from infant to the adult stage is a full-time responsibility that every parent takes on. The type of style used to socialize their children to conform adequately to the expected standards of conduct to function successfully in their society is the option that is decided by each parent. Since there are different ways of parenting a child, it is the parent’s responsibility to ensure that the child’s behavior is sufficient to live in society let alone act compliant in it as well. It is interesting to observe the different methods that a variety of parents demonstrate in order to make sure that the children of that society will be considered ‘acceptable’ by the environment itself and of course by the parenting

In my country authoritarian parenting is the most common. We are raised like an army and though its not fun all the time but it makes us more matured and respectful because