Summary-Respond “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”

In the article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” Amy Chua argues that the strict and demanding parenting style commonly associated with Chinese culture produces high-achieving children who excel academically and professionally. It is true that mother is rigorous because they don’t want their children to lose face to everyone around them. For me, it is a fact that although I am not Chinese, I know that communist countries are very strict, especially in the education of their children.

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Chua talks about her parenting approach, which entails having very high standards for her kids’ academic and extracurricular accomplishments and adopting rigorous punishment and tough love to ensure they succeed. I agree with her because the mother wants their children can go to the best College/University in the country. The mother wants them to study every day to achieve the desired numbers “Even when Western parents think they’re being strict, they usually don’t come close to being Chinese mothers. For example, my Western friends who consider themselves strict make their children practice their instruments for 30 minutes every day. An hour at most. For a Chinese mother, the first hour is the easy part. It’s hours two and three that get tough.” This quote shows us that mother Chinese very strict when Western parents see how mother Chinese treated like that. In my opinion, the mother Chinese doing like that because they think practice is the better way to do it, it makes them easy to successful when they practice it every day. For example, in my country(Vietnam) children have to study 6 days a week and come to school expecting elementary school. They study from 7:30 am to 4 or 5 pm every day, and they have to take extra lessons after school until 9 pm. The children don’t have time to take a rest or play. Furthermore, mothers who place great importance on grades even though their children get 8 or 9 are still unhappy. For mothers, a score of 10 is a perfect score for them.

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She draws a comparison between this and what she sees as the excessively indulgent and permissive parenting styles of Western countries, which she feels causes underachievement and a lack of discipline in kids. I disagree with Chua because the children need rest or time to play. I understand that being strict is good but we should give children a break after each lesson to let their brains relax. “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.” This quote shows that studying a lot can affect health the opinion of Western Americans but mother Chinese don’t think it is true. For example, I have seen the news about how too much studying can affect their health. They feel pressured by their mother through their studies and this makes them uncomfortable. They choose death to escape that harshness. I know that studying is good but we have to choose the time to study and choose the time to take a rest.

Overall, the article “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior” by Amy Chua is a fact for me. I understand that every mother doesn’t want her children to be successful. But they must know how to manage their children scientifically and make them happy every day.

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