Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior

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Within my senior year of high school, my psychology class read an article titled “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior”. This article was written by Amy Chau, a Chinese mother who wrote about how strictly she raised her children and why Asian children are so stereotypically successful. She wrote about how she never let her children do things most American parents let their children do, such as have a playdate, watch T.V., and chose their own extracurricular activities. Although the way Chau brought up her children would be considered extreme by most American families, there’s no denying that her daughters grew up to be very successful people. This made me wonder about Asian cultural and the stereotype that accompanies it. Thus, my research question was established; is the stereotype of Asian parents being strict with their children so they will be overachievers true? To try and discover an answer to my question, I reached out to an old friend from high school who I will call Bill for the sake of informant anonymity. Bill was…show more content…
His parents supported Bill in whatever endeavors he wanted to pursue and trusted that he would be successful in whatever it was he chose to do. This led me to ask him one final question: do you think you were raised like most typical Asian kids or do you think your parents did it differently from the norm? I think Bill’s answer adequately summed up what I was trying to learn from this interview. He answered, “If we were in a movie, the typical Asian kid would have very strict parents and have their future laid out for them, but as you can see, we’re not. It’s not a matter of what race or culture you are, it’s a matter of how the parents go about raising the child, not a stereotype. To answer your question with a question, how closed-minded are
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