Amy Chua, author of “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, is the subject of debate when it comes to effective parenting styles. She is a self-described “Tiger Mom”, which in short, means that she uses a strict, disciplinary style of parenting that has an emphasis on academics and the classical playing of musical instruments (piano and violin, in this case). Her children are not allowed to attend sleepovers, go on playdates, be in school plays, watch television, and many things that typical American parents let their children participate in (Adapted from "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" 305). She raises her children to be high-achievers, and anything that falls short of high-achieving will subject her children to punishment or degradation. For …show more content…
example, when her daughter could not master a piece for piano, she threatened to take away her toys, no lunch, no dinner, and no birthday parties for years. She also insulted her daughter, which she describes in “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, “I told her she was purposely working herself into a frenzy because she was secretly afraid she couldn’t do it. I told her to stop being lazy, cowardly, self-indulgent and pathetic” (309). To her, her rigorous parenting was successful, as her daughter finally was able to play the piece. Does this prove that this form of parenting is the best when it comes to raising children? In short, no it does not. Yes, this type of parenting can produce child prodigies and high scores on math tests, but as Susan Adam conveys in her article “Tiger Moms Don’t Raise Superior Kids Says New Study”, is not the only effective way, and not the most successful way.
Su Yeong Kim, an associate professor at University of Texas, studied more than 300 Chinese-American families for a decade. It was found that kids of supportive parents did best when it came to academic achievement and emotional well-being, while children of easy going parents were second best. It turns out, children of “tiger families” did worse socially and academically (325). Not only that, but as David Brooks points out in “Amy Chua Is A Wimp”, she is, in a way, isolating her children and prohibiting them from learning experiences such as “managing status rivalries, negotiating group dynamics, understanding social norms, navigating the distinction between self and group…” (313). He argues that she coddles them by not providing them the freedom to learn about these things, because she is too focused on the academic aspects of intelligence. Another thing that Chua does not seem to understand, is that some occupational areas rely more on experience rather than if one gets in an Ivy League college, for example. As Patrick Goldstein points out in “Tiger Mom vs. Tiger Mailroom”, the Hollywood industry relies more on experience than education. He also points out that many successful people did not even go to college (or dropped out) ,
like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Clint Eastwood, and Quentin Tarantino (316).
It is true that every mothers and fathers strive to give their children the finest development of knowledge so that it supports them blossom in their career. Two writers who have opposing views based on the parenting techniques of children are Amy Chua, in her article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior?” and David Brooks, in his article “Amy Chua is a Wimp.” Both of them have similarities and differences in bias in their article; there are differences in their tone and the way which they utilize evidences, but both of them depend heavily on evidence to prove their points.
In the Article “Amy Chua Is A Wimp” by David Brook. He points out chinese parents mindset and approach. Amy is a wimp for not allowing her children to experience the truly demanding cognitive, such as participating in the most intellectually demanding activities. Chua's intentions of isolating her childrens from the group is not allowing her children to be emotionally intellectual. Chua’s style of chinese parenting is pressuring her children to focus only on academic success. Due to Chua’s strict parenting method her kids are not truly creative and passionate. Chua’s firm guarding enables her children to build the sense of maturity and knowing the reality of the world. Therefore, Chua’s superior parenting style should not be praised.
One of the greatest examples Tan presents in her story, is Suyuan’s unrelenting goal of turning Jing Mei into a prodigy. The Ed Sullivan Show brings Suyuan into making her daughter take piano lessons (601). Another example of this cultural conflict is when Jing Mei wants badly to express to her mom to let her be. Unlike her mother, Jing Mei doesn’t believe she could be anything, she could only be herself (606,607). According to the previously mentioned article, “Intergenerational Cultural Conflicts in Norms of Parental Warmth Among Chinese American immigrants, immigrant parents gravitate towards maintaining the values of their country of origin, even though the dominant culture also calls for socialization to American society. In the the Chinese culture, one is expected to be hardworking and
In the article, “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” Amy Chua writes about how to raise a child, focusing her analysis between the modes of childcare as per Western and Chinese cultural dictates respectively (Chua 408). Amy outlines several things that her children are not allowed to do including: watching television for inordinately long hours and even, taking sleepovers. Amy’s methods have been shown to be very strict and pedagogical, quite unlike those adopted in the Western communities. She believes that Western parents tend to be soft when dealing with their children and instead, only exert dedicated effort towards the attainment of their children’s goals, unlike the Chinese mothers (Chua 408). The article makes the reader think
The author, Amy Chua, portrays her opinionated argument that Chinese children are more Why Chinese Mothers are Superior Why Chinese Mothers are Superior successful because of the way they are brought up in her article, “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior (2011)”. This theme is important because it compares and contrasts the tactics of Chinese mothers to Western mothers to strive for their children to be successful. This paper describes the three key arguments Chau (2011) ties into Ed124 and why Chinese parents act the way they do towards their children.
When Amy Chua, a professor at Yale, wrote her personal memoir in 2011 called Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, controversy arose regarding the topic of an extreme parenting type called a “Tiger Mom” (Tiger Mom). When The Wall Street Journal posted an excerpt from Chua’s book on their website, it received over 7,000 comments both positive and negative including death threats (Extreme Parenting). In her book, Chua describes is forcing her 7-year old daughter to stay up all night without bathroom or drink breaks until she was able to play a certain piano piece (Extreme Parenting). Her daughter rebels, drops violin, and takes up tennis (Luscombe). Extreme parents exert great pressure on their child to meet expectations, and if they are not met, the child may be punished (Hatter). The MacMillan Dictionary defines a tiger mom as “a very strict mother who makes her children work particularly hard and restricts their free time so they continually achieve the highest grades,” (Tiger Mother).
are taught by their parents that determination and persistency are the keys to academic achievements. In addition, many Asian parents are extremely involved and invested in their children’s education. For many first-generation immigrant and refugee parents, they believe the way to realize the American dream is through higher education and professional status. They encourage t...
Amy Chua, the author of the book The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom, preaches a much different message about parenting. Chua's book tells stories about the way that she has taught her two daughters. Chua epitomizes the authoritarian parenting style which she calls parenting like a 'Tiger Mom'. Just a few of the demands of a tiger mom display unreasonable standards like accepting no grade less than an A, not allowing children to play with friends or have sleepovers, no acting in school plays, and ultimately having the highest grades in every class. Not only does Chua expect nothing but perfection from her girls, but she also believes in openly shaming them in order to motivate by calling them things like garbage and fatty. Does Chua's infamous parenting style really produce any positive results or success? Children reared in authoritative parents have better potential for success than children from overly strict homes.
In the “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell and “The Child by Tiger” by Thomas Wolfe, General Zaroff and Dick Prossner both battle internally to overcome their weaknesses that the ultimately succumb to in the end. “The Most Dangerous Game” is cited as a piece of escape literature due to the questioned ending that is perceived by the reader; “The Child by Tiger” serves as a piece of interpretive literature as the reader is left with a feeling of after-shock in the aftermath as the climax is reached. In the “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Child by Tiger,” two men are portrayed outwardly as normal, kind-hearted individuals. The benign manner demonstrated by these men in the beginning of each story drifts like a fading starlight as the story progresses. As the dingy, opposing sides of Zaroff and Prossner are unveiled, the personalities revealed evidently show how internally kind-hearted individuals struggle in contrast to each other.
This short narrative is more of a tale rather than a story because there is no dialogue; no one speaks to the reader, but the narrator. The narrator knows the story, but people can sense, the he is not there himself. He knows more than what meets the eye. In Frank Stockton’s short story called “The Lady or the Tiger” which was published in 1882 and still has remained an exciting and puzzling ideal that is still practiced today. This type of ending is strange and gives the reader full control to finish the story in their own mind, thus causing much controversy and debate over the topic.
The lady and the tiger was a story with no ending, this is bothersome because it truly left everybody wondering. That is quite possibly the brilliance of the story, it forces readers to ponder their thoughts and come up with their own ending. Love has a lot to do with the story “The Lady and the Tiger”. The story gives the princess fate over her lover. The problem arose because the princess’s father will not allow her to be with him. The story takes place in a kingdom and involves the king, the princess, and her lover. The princess’s decision on which door to gesture to her lover is presumed to have a large impact on the story, which it does however the question that is which door her lover opens remains un-answered. The princess will open the door with the lady behind it, she will be able to put her jealousy and romantic emotions behind human morality.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1959, Andrea Jun’s parents were both of Asian descent. Her Father was an architect, and her Mother was an engineer. When she was two years old, her family had moved to Wellesley, Massachusetts. She was also not an only child – she was a sibling of one younger brother. When Andrea Jung was five years old, she took piano lessons, and studied the Mandarin language. At a young age, Andrea Jung’s education had already took a leap above what other children had. Despite this, she has admitted to not being the best student. However, with her parents policy of giving her something she really wanted to have if she got high grades (such as colored pencils, for example), it was enough to push her to make all A’s in her academic career. According to Andrea Jung, i...
The debate on how to raise ones ' child is something that has been argued over a long period of time and most recently due to the sudden increase in child births around the world. What has really been brought into the discussion though is the type of parenting styles that are out there. There are the lenient parents who give their children room to grow and freedom to do what they please because they believe that is what is best for them. Then on the other side there are tiger parents. Tiger parents are defined as strict or demanding parents who push their children to be successful academically by obtaining high levels of scholastic and academic achievement. To sum it up they are the parents who want to push their children towards greatness
There are different parenting styles that parents can choose when it comes to raising a child. However the tiger parenting approach is the normative type of parenting for most Asian households. The tiger parenting style is famous for the high levels of achievement parents’ demand from their children. People argue that tiger parenting does not seem to be the appropriate way to raise children because it makes children have poor mental health. However there are positive aspects of this parenting style, for example Asian youth that have experience the tiger parenting style in their homes have accomplished high academic achievement. On the other hand the tiger parenting approach is linked to severe negative outcomes for the children and youth. An example of a negative outcome of the tiger parenting approach is that is associated with higher rates of depression in the children, a lot is expected from them and their anxiety levels are high. Furthermore they are being controlled on almost every aspect of their lives and they are regularly monitored. Asian children feel the pressure their family put on them as a burden, they feel incarcerated. Children should be encouraged to take decisions from themselves instead of always doing what their parents want them to do. The adequate type of parenting stile that
“Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” is an excerpt from Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua, a Yale Law professor. In this excerpt the author explains why Chinese children tend to be more successful in life and expresses her dislike towards Western parenting. The first idea Chua explains is a list of activities her daughters are allowed to do and not do in order to focus solely on academic progress. Second, the author demonstrates the contrast in mindset between Chinese mothers and Western mothers by explaining how Chinese mothers feel differently than Western mothers in regards to academic success and learning. Furthermore, she describes how Chinese mothers can demand things from their children. Finally, they can also say