Christopher Cabalquinto Reading Journals Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior The writer in the excerpt Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior‚ Amy Chua‚ does a great job of justifying Chinese-style parenting by contrasting it to Western-style parenting. She tells her audience that through her strict orders and threats does her daughter‚ Lulu‚ succeed in playing and mastering a very difficult piano piece; Western parents with high concerns for their kids’ psyches would only “ask their kids to try
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the Tiger Mom” by Amy Chua‚ I was surprised how Chua shared in detail about her life journey as a parent and raising two children. This is a book about Amy Chua’s experiences in raising her two daughters‚ Sophia and Luisa (Lulu)‚ in what she believes is the “Chinese mother” style of parenting. She is quick to point out in the first chapter‚ entitled “The Chinese Mother‚” that she uses the term “loosely” as it would be ridiculous to try to assume that every mother from China is a like a tiger mom
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The second article that I found helpful in explaining the outcomes of the tiger parenting on youth and children is the article written by Yuwen and Chen called Chinese American adolescents: perceived parenting styles and adolescents’ psychosocial health. Yuwen and Chen describes the idea that when children experience the tiger parenting style then “Asian American adolescents experience higher levels of depressive symptoms than their same-gender white counterparts” (Yuwen & Chen p.236). These results
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Defining Tiger Parenting in Chinese Americans Simona Nissan San José State University Su Yeong Kim on the article Defining Tiger Parenting in Chinese Americans presents the results of the research about the existence of Tiger Mother in the Chinese Americans society. Amy Chua in her book Tiger Mother argues that her daughters’ success derives from the fact that she had used “tiger mothering‚” unlike the American parenting that focus of developing and improving children’s self-esteem.
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practicing‚ 1: Oh my god‚ you’re just getting worse and worse. 2: I’m going to count to 3 then I want music. 3: If the next times not perfect‚ I’m going to take all your stuff animals and burn them.” This reveals the mom’s coaching is very harsh and demanding. But she puts pressure on her daughter just so she can do better. Her mother just wants everything perfect‚ which really nobody or nothing is perfect. Therefore‚ everyone makes mistakes‚ but everyone can learn from their mistakes and
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Aucoin Ms. Nguyen English 1301 Tues-Thurs 8:35-10:00 February 4‚ 2014 Education pushed too much? After going reviewing this piece‚ "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior" I have come to a conclusion; of complete admiration towards these "tiger moms" they truly have a unique way of raising their child. A child that succeeds in each level of academic education. Children raised this seem to sound‚ and extremely successful in life‚ and ultimately that is what a parent wants for their child.
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people talk about. People focus on education and they have lots of different ideas. The story " Tiger Moms" written by Annie Murphy Paul and the story" Two Kinds" written by Amy Tan‚ these two stories both introduce a kind of education style. Amy Chua and Amy’s mother both strict but Amy Chua is ruthless‚ and Amy’s mother is kind. Firstly‚ Amy Chua and Amy’s mother both strict. In the story "Tiger Moms"‚ the writer states‚"practice for hours on the end-’night through dinner into the night‚’ with no
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the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom. She is known as a “Tiger Mom”. Amy created the term to identify the parenting method she uses for her two daughters. In her book the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom‚ Amy Chua discusses how she has raised her two daughters a very superior way and discusses the ways of the superiority of traditional Chinese parenting over the standard western way. After reading her essay on the superiority of the Tiger Mom‚ I have concluded that her parenting styles are unfair and wrong
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disagreements‚ but at the end of the day they are supposed to look out for and protect one another. However‚ when a fight between family members stubbornly drags on‚ it can cause major conflicts within the family. In Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom and Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club‚ the author tackles the topic of mother-daughter relationships. However‚ both of the author’s perspectives on the relationships differ from one another. In Amy Chua’s work‚ the chapter portrays a patient and serene
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Is Tiger Parenting Truly the Best Choice ? Recent years‚ Chinese traditional way to rear a child has raised great interest to westerners. The typical Chinese parenting‚ which is known as "Tiger Parenting" do cultivate some talents. Moreover‚ a lot of Chinese possess well controlled behavior and they are inclined to obey all the rules set by their parents‚ working hard to achieve success. That is why Tiger Parenting is so attractive to more and more westerners that they are constantly discussing
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