Also true. But I didn't think she wrote it to apply to all Chinese families and all Chinese mothers. She did make a disclaimer in the beginning of her article.
I also think we come from different generations. XD (Maybe our approach to the article is different?)
In my time, it was called ECA and we had to have 2, one of which had to be either a sport or a uniformed group. My dad gave me "advice" on which ECA I should join. (haha) I ultimately made my own decision but I know if I had joined some zuo bo ECA, my dad wouldn't have been happy. My parents didn't allow me to have sleepovers until JC and even then, reluctantly. They didn't force me to always get As but most of my friends had parents who had extremely high expectations, expecting their kids to be doctors or lawyers. Plus, when I was still teaching in SG, I met many parents who are just as controlling as the stereotype would suggest.
Not that I support the stereotype that exists of Chinese people but I see the humour in her article. I thought she was taking a stereotype (and there are enough Chinese people like that everywhere for the stereotype to stick) and poking fun at it. And, she was making fun of herself as well.
Also, I don't really mind the stereotype. I have a pretty low opinion of some Western parenting styles so I think they are free to make fun of mine. haha.
Ultimately, I felt that she was criticising both the Western as well as Chinese way of parenting. She never said which was better...I finished the article with the feeling that she meant, 'To each their own.' Judging from her success in her own life, I felt that she was proud of what she had achieved and that she felt she owed it in part to her Chinese heritage. I also felt she was defending the Chinese parenting style. In the West, it is seen as damaging to a child's self-esteem and all but from her experience, it isn't.
....it's really late at night here...I hope I'm making sense...hahaha..
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I also think we come from different generations. XD (Maybe our approach to the article is different?)
In my time, it was called ECA and we had to have 2, one of which had to be either a sport or a uniformed group. My dad gave me "advice" on which ECA I should join. (haha) I ultimately made my own decision but I know if I had joined some zuo bo ECA, my dad wouldn't have been happy. My parents didn't allow me to have sleepovers until JC and even then, reluctantly. They didn't force me to always get As but most of my friends had parents who had extremely high expectations, expecting their kids to be doctors or lawyers. Plus, when I was still teaching in SG, I met many parents who are just as controlling as the stereotype would suggest.
Not that I support the stereotype that exists of Chinese people but I see the humour in her article. I thought she was taking a stereotype (and there are enough Chinese people like that everywhere for the stereotype to stick) and poking fun at it. And, she was making fun of herself as well.
Also, I don't really mind the stereotype. I have a pretty low opinion of some Western parenting styles so I think they are free to make fun of mine. haha.
Ultimately, I felt that she was criticising both the Western as well as Chinese way of parenting. She never said which was better...I finished the article with the feeling that she meant, 'To each their own.' Judging from her success in her own life, I felt that she was proud of what she had achieved and that she felt she owed it in part to her Chinese heritage. I also felt she was defending the Chinese parenting style. In the West, it is seen as damaging to a child's self-esteem and all but from her experience, it isn't.
....it's really late at night here...I hope I'm making sense...hahaha..