Response To Chinese Mothers

From the article that I read in class, I found this little excerpt interesting:

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." Other studies indicate that compared to Western parents, Chinese parents spend approximately 10 times as long every day drilling academic activities with their children. By contrast, Western kids are more likely to participate in sports teams.

In this paragraph from the article it is a study and it is kind of funny because this is what people call a Chinese family. When we go to school with Asians we expect them to be really smart, and to get all As and to not have a life of free time to do what they want to do. This study in her book proves the stereotypes that are created for the Asian Americans are true. i find that this study is really crazy and if I was her kid I would run away or demand my freedom. I could  not stay in the house for hours and do nothing with my life other than homework, violin practice, and no sleepovers.

I understand how people say that they were raised like that, and because they are like that the will not rebel. With this way of raising their kids their kids will grow up to be boring, and people who don't know what to do. When they are not able to do what they want to do and when they do not have their own voice and their own opinions. They have the opinions of their parents instilled in them because that is how they were raised. i do not agree with this way of raising my kid, but I do know that this is how some people raise their kids.