Are Chinese mothers superior to American mothers?

[Sewblon]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576059713528698754.html?KEYWORDS=china+parents I don't agree with everything she said, especially not allowing your children to play computer games or join a sports team. But western parents being too hung up on their child's self-esteem makes sense to me.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

Short answer: No.

 

[Irridium]

No better then any other mother.

 

[RatRace123]

I say no.

 

[emeraldrafael]

Short answer: No.

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Seconded.

Remember you're looking at two different cultures and countries, but I agree that Americans are getting too sensitive. But any country that instills a single child rule and puts the male above, while the mother does nothing for it does not have a good mom.

 

[Gahars]

Short answer: No.

Long answer: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Tsaba]

No better then any other mother.

Agreed. Nothing else to add.

 

[Baron Von Evil Satan]

No. If anything "chinese" style parenting is what leads to such high suicide rates among asian teens.

 

[skitzo van]

Of course you will technically be a better parent for treating your kid like a product you can completely dilute and control, but it'll also make you a terrible human being. This lady is horrid, everyone has the right to their own opinion, and so do I: why the hell would she do this to her kids? "they have to be no.1 in everything except gym and drama" What if some kid with photographic memory comes along and is in your child's class? Beat the shit out of your child?

 

[bobknowsall]

I'm sure that one could find examples of terrible American mothers and brilliant Chinese mothers. I'm also sure that I could find examples of brilliant American mothers and terrible Chinese mothers.

We are talking about a great deal of people, after all.

 

[LupusDei]

I'm sure that one could find examples of terrible American mothers and brilliant Chinese mothers. I'm also sure that I could find examples of brilliant American mothers and terrible Chinese mothers.

We are talking about a great deal of people, after all.

I have to agree with this. I really doubt either are much better than the other. I don't think you can slap that sort of title on a country.

 

[Blue_vision]

I'd say that based on my own experiences, American parents are worse than their counterparts across the world. It's probably an "all of the above" of long work hours, an idea of entitlement unique to North America, and a lack of adaptation in child rearing culture to new values (or perhaps a total adaptation) that causes parents to generally be less caring (in the sense of general responsibility and such.)

Some people will probably disagree with me, but that's what I feel.

 

[Dags90]

I'd rather have a B student than worry about higher suicide rates.[footnote]http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=c2b8f3a43bbe3e0445f23274028d24a7[/footnote]

Academic success isn't the end all be all in measuring child rearing. It's about as accurate a depiction of "good parenting" as income is of "happiness".

 

[garjian]

its far too wide a generalisation to make.

additionally, its not exactly clear what makes a good mother... being a good mother often depends on the child, and many other factors... so its noones place to say...

 

[BlackIronGuardian]

Oh yes, of course near constant verbal and possibly physical abuse creates a fully formed and functional indiviual.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Say mister OP, you didn't actually take that article seriously now did you? I swear the sarcasm was oozing from it.

I think all it's trying to say is that parents of both cultures are bitching on each other while neither of them is really doing it right. Something I wholeheartedly agree with.

However, if she is serious, then damn, that's one sick *****.

 

[manythings]

I'm sure that one could find examples of terrible American mothers and brilliant Chinese mothers. I'm also sure that I could find examples of brilliant American mothers and terrible Chinese mothers.

We are talking about a great deal of people, after all.

I have to agree with this. I really doubt either are much better than the other. I don't think you can slap that sort of title on a country.

Agreed. Judged on a certain set of criteria you could say that about mothers from anywhere are better than mothers from everywhere else.

Based on what I am reading it all seems to come from a personal pride rather than a desire to be a good parent. She enforces this state of affairs so her kids can never reflect badly on her rather than for their sakes. I'm sensing a control freak and I bet a little digging would show her to be a lot less upstanding than the picture represents.

 

[RatRace123]

Based on what I am reading it all seems to come from a personal pride rather than a desire to be a good parent. She enforces this state of affairs so her kids can never reflect badly on her rather than for their sakes. I'm sensing a control freak and I bet a little digging would show her to be a lot less upstanding than the picture represents.

The picture's not enough? She's giving such a fake, creepy smile I half expect her to have a robotic faceplate underneath it.

 

[mindlesspuppet]

There's still mothers in the U.S.? I thought children these days were raised by TV, games, and the occasional babysitter because both parents insist on having/need full time jobs.

 

[Brawndo]

Stereotypical Asian parenting borders on abuse. Pretty much every Asian friend I had in middle and high school got beaten (not slapped once for being disrespectful, which I agree with, but BEATEN repeatedly) and had a lot of stress to perform. When we all went away to college it was like they were liberated from a POW camp