What Chinese Parents Understand Is That Nothing

Tenacious Practice, Practice, Practice Is Crucial For Excellence; Rote Repetition Is Underrated In America.

Westerners Often Laud Their Children As 'talented' Or 'gifted', While Asian Parents Highlight The Importance Of Hard Work. And In Fact, Research Performed By Stanford Psychologist Carol Dweck Has Found That The Way Parents Offer Approval Affects The Way Children Perform, Even The Way They Feel About Themselves.

There Are All These New Books Out There Portraying Asian Mothers As Scheming, Callous, Overdriven People Indifferent To Their Kids' True Interests. For Their Part, Many Chinese Secretly Believe That They Care More About Their Children And Are Willing To Sacrifice Much More For Them Than Westerners, Who Seem Perfectly Content To Let Their Children Turn Out Badly. I Think It's A Misunderstanding On Both Sides. All Decent Parents Want To Do What's Best For Their Children. The Chinese Just Have A Totally Different Idea Of How To Do That.

To Be Honest, I Know That A Lot Of Asian Parents Are Secretly Shocked And Horrified By Many Aspects Of Western Parenting.

I Say 'i Love You' To My Daughters Every Day.