Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior By Amy China Summary

Parenting styles differ from generations, as well as, from different countries across the world. When two different cultures collide, that leaves parents in a limbo in trying to decide what parenting technique would be the most beneficial for future offspring. Amy Chua, a Yale Law School graduate of Chinese descent, wrote a story about the details of her and her husbands’ choice in how to parent their children. The book is entitled “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” which she proclaims that “Chinese parents are better at raising children than westerners”. At creation of this book, Chua has received an enormous amount of feedback, mostly negative. However, the article “Amy Chua is a Wimp” written by author David Brooks, offers a different take on Chuas’ book. Which leaves everyone wondering what really is the best way to set up the next generation to reach their highest potential.

It is true that the ways the parents raise their children will decide how well the children grow, especially the mothers who impact their children the most. There is no right or wrong in how a mother takes care of her children. All of them want the best for their children. The only difference is the level of intensity in how to raise a child. In Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior, Amy Chua, a professor at Yale Law School believes that the ways Chinese mothers raise their children are the most effective ways. Her main purpose of this article is to state the differences between Western mothers and Chinese mothers which

“In one study of 50 Western American mothers and 48 Chinese immigrant mothers, almost 70% of the Western mothers said either that ‘stressing academic success is not good for children’ or that ‘parents need to foster the idea that learning is fun.’ By contrast, roughly 0% of the Chinese mothers felt the same way. Instead, the vast majority of the Chinese mothers said that they believe their children can be ‘the best’ students, that ‘academic achievement reflects successful parenting,’ and that if children did not excel at school then there was ‘a problem’ and parents ‘were not doing their job.’ … Chinese parents spend approximately ten times as long every day drilling academic activities with their children. By contrast, Western kids are

There are many types of parents around us, and every culture shows something different. There are types of parenting styles and some of them are authoritarian, indulgent, and uninvolved. Every culture falls under one of the parenting styles and Chinese are considered authoritarian. Amy Chua, a Yale professor, a famous author, who recently wrote the book, “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, in which she discuses parenting and the difference between Chinese and Western parenting. After reading “ Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”, she argues about different parenting styles and how Chinese parents are superior in terms of focusing on education with their kids.

Amy Chua is a Harvard educated lawyer who wrote a book about how “Chinese mothers” do a better job parenting than their counterparts “Western mothers”. In Chua's book she tells the readers about how there are two types of parenting styles either "western mothers" or "Chinese mothers" and why “Chinese mothers” are better parents. Chua puts herself into the category of a "Chinese mother" and then goes onto talk about how this is clearly the better teaching style of the two. Amy Chua uses personal stories from when she was raising her two kids, Sophia and Louisa to help her argument. When I finished reading the exert from Amy Chua’s book I came to one final conclusion about Amy Chua and “Chinese mothers” way of teaching. "Chinese mothers" should stop using such intense methods

In “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”, the author Amy Chua stated that every parent, whatever race they are, has their own way of raising their children. Chua brought up some examples in her essay, and she believes that Chinese parents want better for their children, and Western parents are the same way. First the children are involved in different activities. Chua included a study in the essay, which said, “Western children participate in sports, while Chinese parents make their kids practice academic activities” (142-143). Secondly, Chinese parents

The reason why I chose this article was because asians have many stereotypes as well as others, such as, they are all smart, we eat dogs, and also being bad drivers. What most stand out for us asians is always being innocent meaning we don’t do anything inappropriate or anything bad because all we care about is studying. I would like to state that none of that are true. As you can see from the article that I chose is about a asian boy robbing a store. That broke the stereotype for being innocent. Also the one with asians being smart is not true because as for myself I am not a smart person. I have had C and Ds before in my grade. What I don’t like the most hearing from my friends or strangers is the fact that they always think i have AP classes. When I tell them I don’t have AP classes they are always so shocked and they tell me that it’s shocking for a asian to not have any Ap classes. Lastly about being a bad driver doesn’t only go for asians but also for other people that have no

According to the 2010 United States Census, those that identify as Asian numbered more than 14 million people, approximately 4.8% of the entire United States population (SOURCE). Despite or perhaps due to being a relatively small population, Asian Americans are not exempt from stereotyping. While a stereotype does not technically have positive or negative connotations and is simply a widely held generalization of a particular group of people, they are often derogatory and convey negative impressions and attitudes. Many minority groups are portrayed in a negative and demeaning light: African Americans are

Stereotypes of Asians in particular have been around for a long of time. In the late 19th century, many Asians went to the United States to pursue their dream because they want to improve their family quality of life. And they work so hard to make money so Americans were afraid that the Asian laborers would invade the country and let them loose the job opportunity. So the term “Chinky Chink” was used to explain the American afraid that a huge number of Asians will live in America and become immigrate.

Because America is such a diverse country, there are many differences between cultures of various immigrant groups. Members of each culture, have their own beliefs and values regarding what they think is right. The cultural diversity allows for each person to have a different view of things. Amy Chua’s essay “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior,” she describes her way of parenting her two daughters following Chinese values about education. She explains how Western parents are much more lenient than Chinese parents with their children and education. Chua gives examples of how she raised her daughter Lulu and Sophia which lead them to achieve success. She makes comparisons between Western and Chinese parenting styles throughout the essay and concludes that both types of parents want the best for their children, but just approach parenting it in different ways. In the article, “Chinese vs Western Mothers: Q&A with Amy Chua,” Amy Chua is interviewed by Belinda Luscombe where she clarifies how her Chinese method of parenting did not hurt her children the way many readers thought it did. Chua explains that her relationship with her two daughters is very strong and believes there are many effective ways of parenting in addition to the Chinese approach. Chua’s essay shows the Chinese immigrant approach to parenting and gives insight into why so many children of Chinese parents are so successful. Discussing the cultural differences shows the risk of stereotyping groups where feelings

In his essay “Paper Tigers,” Wesley Yang discusses his own experiences as an Asian American, tying them into the larger picture of Asians functioning in American society today. Yang’s argument is that even though Asian Americans are one of the most successful ethnicities in the country, stereotypes that Asian Americans are exposed to affect the way other Americans view them. Because of personal bias and racism, human society fails to see other people for who they are and put too much emphasis on what they are supposed to or not supposed to be in America today. Stereotypes cloud people’s vision and judgment and keep some from achieving their goals because others have a pre-created

“Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”, by Amy Chua, is all about the Chinese motherhood lifestyle. In this article she explains what a Chinese mother does that makes them better than Western parents. Yet, we learn from Betty Ming Liu in her article, “Parents like Amy Chua are the reason why Asian-Americans like me are in therapy”, that this lifestyle is indeed harmful pushing many to escape the life they know for real happiness. Although relatively successful the Chinese mother way of doing things in the end is more harmful to a child than it is helpful. Being a Chinese mother means controlling every aspect of your child's life.

This stereotype gave misconceptions of Asian Americans are “the same” in wanting the same professions, are not minorities as they are successful, do not encounter challenges at all, and do not require resources or government aid (Sasaki, 4/19/16). Due to the perceived amount of success Asian Americans are said to have, they are put on a high pedestal and have the constant pressure from their peers and society to become successful in terms of aspects like academics and profession. This myth puts emphasized the success of the Asian Americans in particular states with high incomes while negating the struggles they still faced such as a “glass ceiling” and inequality of wages compared to Caucasians (Takaki,

Parenting for the Chinese is all about the power they have upon their children. They tell their children what they can and cannot do when they have time to spare. On the other hand, Hanna is the complete opposite to Amy. What the privilege American needed was to learn to lighten up and a way to express themselves, not more skills, math drills, and rules. Hanna believed that children should grow up in a way a parent aren’t making any influence of their choices they are making in their lives.

Lastly, she points that Chinese parents believe to know what's best for their children. She goes on to give an example of this by saying "That's why Chinese daughters can't have boyfriends in high school and why Chinese kids can't go to sleepaway camp." Her belief in sorting out the child's priorities over their wants is an indicator that she focuses only on the things that can bring forth success opposed to Westerners who would permit their children to do these things along with others. Despite the opinions of others, she still has a positive outlook on the cultural Chinese parenting style.