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  • Essay / Do as you are told - 755

    Raising a child correctly is important for parents. In China, the biggest problem for Chinese parents is how to raise their children properly. Chinese parents believe in an old adage: talented apprentices trained by strict masters. This old saying inspires Chinese parents that a child should be treated strictly to ensure that he or she grows up to be a talented person. Therefore, Chinese parents treat their children strictly, although Chinese parenting methods are different. “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” and “Two Kinds” showed that Chinese parents prefer to plan their children's free time. Chinese parents want their children to maximize the value of time by giving them plenty of practice. They prepare many academic and musical exercises for their children. In the article "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior", Amy Chua does not allow her daughters to watch TV and play video games and asks them to practice their instruments two or three hours a day. Plus, in “Two Kinds,” every night. after dinner, Mrs. Woo, Jing-mei's mother, gave Jing-mei more tests and asked her daughter to practice the piano for two hours a day after the mother saw a little Chinese girl playing the piano at television. Amy and Woo show us that they control their children's free time and ask or force their children to do something they think is good for their children. Both Amy Chua and Ms. Woo have very high expectations of their children, but their expectations are different and the results are different. They want their children to succeed. Amy Chua asks her children to be straight A students, and she forces her seven-year-old daughter to play a piano piece that "is incredibly difficult for a young player" (Chua...... middle of paper .....the daughter refuses to practice the piano, the mother shouts to her daughter "'Only two kinds of girls', 'The ones who are obedient and the ones who follow their own minds Only one kind of girl can live in this!' house” (Tan 8). , there are different Chinese parenting methods, but the most common The reason is that Chinese parenting is strict. Strictness is the symbol of Chinese parenting. Because of strictness, almost all American parents think that this parenting style is not. is not good for children's development. However, the ranking of Chinese students continues to rise around the world in reading. science and mathematics. Based on this, should more parents consider using the Chinese parenting method.?