Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior By Amy Chua Analysis

Growing up, people are taught that all parent raise their children in their own unique way. Parent makes the decision to raise their child to be the best person that they can be. Amy Chua wrote "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior" and she wrote about how Chinese mothers are better than western parents, as well as her parenting techniques. In multiple occasions, she would mention examples of how Western parents care about their children 's feelings than their academic abilities. An example of a Western parent is Adam Gopnik, who wrote a story, "Bumping into Mr. Ravioli". Gopnik is a typical New Yorker parent who worries about his daughter befriending an imaginary friend that is too busy to play with her. He shows signs of being a typical Western parent by the way he acts to help his daughter with her "friend". Chua believes that there is a difference between how Chinese and Western parents raise their kids. Western parents are more lenient with their children 's activities and sensitive about their self-esteem. Whereas Chinese parents are extremely strict and do not let their children become independent. The environment influences parenting style because the culture determines how much time and energy a parent can spend with their child. Throughout America, there are certain topics that should never be brought up in conversation and that is parenting skills. If two people are parents and they bring up the way one of the parents are disciplining their child, it turns into a