Tough On Kids Summary
Helen Yang
Dr. Judith Hawkins
ENG 111
16 November 2015 Lack of communication between parents and kids can harm their relationships with each other. Many parents don’t realize that their relationship with their kids is really important, especially strict parents. Strict parents believe in tough love but that can really harm the relationship between their children and them. This allows kids with strict parents to believe that family can hurt us as much as a stranger can. Both the article Are strict Chinese mothers the best? and Study:’Tiger Parenting’ Tough on Kids talks about strict parenting in the Chinese family and how it affects the kids.
Summaries:
The article Are strict Chinese mothers the best? talks about Amy Chua’s memoir The Battle …show more content…
Are strict Chinese mothers the best? talks about Amy Chua’s memoir The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. The article explains Chua’s experience as “tiger mom”. In Chua’s new memoir, she talks about how her daughter is not allowed to attend a sleepover, watch TV, play computer games, join a school play, have a play date, have any grade less than an A and more. She think this the best way her daughters can be successful in the future. Growing up, my parents was the same way as Chua. I was not allowed to attend a sleepover, join any after school activities, play games, watch TV or have a play date. I was only allowed to focus on my studies. My parents would take me to work with them and watch me like a hawk while I am doing my work. If I was at home, they would still make sure I have work to do and no time to play. Chua also talks about how Chinese parents can be blunt to their children’s issues while the Western parents tiptoe around the issue and talk to their children indirectly about it. I agree because my parents are very blunt, they have no problem telling me how fat or ugly I look. My mom yells at me almost everyday because I don’t exercise and claims that I am fat. My parents do the same thing to my sisters. My sister Isabella is only 7 years old and my parents are always complaining about her weight. My youngest sister Olivia, who is only 6 years old my parents always push her to try harder on everything she does. When they get a bad report card like they did recently, they get scolded. My dad push them extra hard and make them do extra work at home. I feel that “tiger parents” mainly exist in the Chinese immigrant family because they want them to be successful in the new
Dr. Judith Hawkins
ENG 111
16 November 2015 Lack of communication between parents and kids can harm their relationships with each other. Many parents don’t realize that their relationship with their kids is really important, especially strict parents. Strict parents believe in tough love but that can really harm the relationship between their children and them. This allows kids with strict parents to believe that family can hurt us as much as a stranger can. Both the article Are strict Chinese mothers the best? and Study:’Tiger Parenting’ Tough on Kids talks about strict parenting in the Chinese family and how it affects the kids.
Summaries:
The article Are strict Chinese mothers the best? talks about Amy Chua’s memoir The Battle …show more content…
Are strict Chinese mothers the best? talks about Amy Chua’s memoir The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. The article explains Chua’s experience as “tiger mom”. In Chua’s new memoir, she talks about how her daughter is not allowed to attend a sleepover, watch TV, play computer games, join a school play, have a play date, have any grade less than an A and more. She think this the best way her daughters can be successful in the future. Growing up, my parents was the same way as Chua. I was not allowed to attend a sleepover, join any after school activities, play games, watch TV or have a play date. I was only allowed to focus on my studies. My parents would take me to work with them and watch me like a hawk while I am doing my work. If I was at home, they would still make sure I have work to do and no time to play. Chua also talks about how Chinese parents can be blunt to their children’s issues while the Western parents tiptoe around the issue and talk to their children indirectly about it. I agree because my parents are very blunt, they have no problem telling me how fat or ugly I look. My mom yells at me almost everyday because I don’t exercise and claims that I am fat. My parents do the same thing to my sisters. My sister Isabella is only 7 years old and my parents are always complaining about her weight. My youngest sister Olivia, who is only 6 years old my parents always push her to try harder on everything she does. When they get a bad report card like they did recently, they get scolded. My dad push them extra hard and make them do extra work at home. I feel that “tiger parents” mainly exist in the Chinese immigrant family because they want them to be successful in the new