Blog Prompts 3 - Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior

Today, we are discussing about this article about 'Chinese' and 'Western' parents, their methods and the pros and cons. The article can be found here. Those kids sure have it tough! I feel that the examples the article gave are rather extreme and stereotypic and though most people think that way, the truth is that most parents are neither completely 'Chinese' or 'Western' and are in fact somewhere in between. Both methods have their pros and cons but I feel that a combination of both is the best. For example, the author wrote that 'Western parents have to tiptoe around the issue (that their child is fat), talking in terms of "health" and never ever mentioning the f-word, and their kids still end up in therapy for eating disorders and negative self-image'. In this aspect, I feel that the 'Chinese' parent's direct and blunt way of just telling their child that he/she is fat is better as the child might not even realise that he/she is fat and if you, as parents (if you are) do not let your child realise that, he/she would just grow fatter and fatter and most likely will get ridiculed in school. Perhaps this is the reason that 'Western' kids end up in therapy for eating disorders and negative self-image.