However, there are other aspects I would never recommend & in fact disadvantage their kids in this society.
Wow. The woman is proud that she denied her daughters PLAY DATES?
It sounds like those children had no childhood whatsoever.
Well, they can certainly wash and iron better than anybody. Outside of that, I’m skeptical.
Years ago we were acquainted with a Chinese couple who owned a restaurant. They didn’t believe in sitters for their two kids so they were always at work with Mom and Dad. When the two became too unruly Mom took them to the backyard and tied them to the clothesline pole.
Wow, somebody is going to not have many visitors in the old folks home.
I agree that most Western parents are too lenient and too obsessed with being "friends" with their kids. But...
Not everyone can get an "A" or be #1 in every subject. And sports are important for building character.
Cause they drown the daughters in the river at birth?
I am a Mom to three beautiful children. All of them have different gifts. I would never DEMAND that they get straight A’s. I would never demand that they never have friends or socialize. I would never expect them to be perfect. I’m not so why would I expect them to be. One item not mentioned is the stress caused to many children by overbearing parents. I remember in college a junior student (Asian) jumping from a window killing himself. Why? He got a “B” in a science class. Demanding that your kids do the best that THEY can is better than demanding that they live out some sort of fantasy childhood. Just a thought.
I believe in strict parenting, but what this describes is simple cruelty.
Actualizatuion of ones potential is WORK!
Chinese and Jewish parents know this.
They know that work is part of life, and thus expect their offspring to work.
Works for them.
The test scores, and the number of Nobel Prizes tell the tale.
PS Moslim Nobel winners are, as Twain said of another group, “almighty scarce, Sir - they are almighty scarce”.
So what do these “Chinese mothers” do when their child is developmentally disabled? Kill them?!
Why not be more accurate and say “the way our grandfathers and grandmothers did it”?
“So. What do you two do for fun?”
“Fun?”
“You know. Something you really enjoy doing.”
“Ah! Humor. It is a difficult concept.”
“Agreed, sister. But I find a measure of satisfaction in solving for ‘x.’ And didn’t you say that diagraming Dear Leader’s sentences is a pleasant past-time?”
“I did! And I do! Sometimes they’re a real pickle!”
What a messed up parenting philosophy.
Poor kids.
Wow, this mother is utterly bonkers. Letting your kids drift aimlessly through life is one thing, sucking out their childhood and setting them up for a nervous breakdown is quite another. If her kids have turned out alright, she’s damned lucky she gave birth to kids who were talented enough to meet her high standards...
I had the immense pleasure in working with a tremendously attractive gal who was from China and who's work ethic in our corporate MIS dept was unequalled.
You would not believe the demands she and her husband put on their children. I wouldn't really say " demands" since they were actually "expectations" that they met. Every aspect of school which included academics, a sport, extra languages was all required by her and her husband.
In other words, they demanded the same thing from their kids as parents who sent their kids to catholic schools back in the 40's and 50's.......excellence.
Holy bejebus, look at how bigoted that title is. Can you imagine if it said "Why White Mothers are Superior"?
Unbelievable. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton would have the Wall Street Journal bankrupted and sold into receivership to the NAACP by Friday.
It's just more evidence of what I've been saying for years: that "anti-racism" is just code for anti-white.
Speaking of chinese restaurants, have you noticed that no matter where you go in America, the menus are pretty much the same? Egg Foo Yong, beef and broccoli, teriyaki beef on a stick, pork fried rice, general tso's chicken, well, you get the picture.
Then at the end of the meal, they bring you the bill along with the fortune cookies and the cubes of pineapple with toothpicks sticking out of them. Always the same thing everytime!
Also, have you noticed that on the rum-based drinks like scorpion bowls, fog cutters and mai tais, they always go very light on the rum? Well, I discovered how to get the drinks to be made stronger. Before getting seated at a table, go to the bar first and order your first drink there and tell him you like it with extra rum as you slide a $10 bill across the table at him, telling him you are going to take a table but wanted to make sure he got his tip up front. Your subsequent drinks will be strong and you'll need them to be to soak up all that chinese food you are about to eat.
Do they eat chinese food in China? No, they do not. At least not what we consider to be chinese food over here.
Interesting comments here. Parenting is a tough job. Life is tough, then you die. Third world parents really get that. Rich Americans often miss that. Would love your comments.....