The Tiger Mom

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Western children can watch TV shows and their favorite movies, listen to music of their choice, use computer over longer time periods and be active on websites like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter or play computer games and be socializing on social media, choose their friends and have sleepovers and playdates. When they get older and receive their driver’s licenses they could go anywhere they like and do what they choose Also participate in sport activities “Western kids are more likely to participate in sports teams”, and do not have strong school education Chua said. Chinese parenting is different kids do what they are told they must play musical instruments, the piano or violin. Her kids would play their instruments for hours over and over until they got the music right, not only that their music lessons would continue over the summer vacation. Why only classical instrument? Because classicism is very gentle music, you can believe about that, little children who listen to classical music or play a classic music grow up beautiful, harmonic, intelligent, discreet and informed person. Also many important one of this way is a “practicing piece of music for four hours requires focused attention, but it is nowhere near as cognitively demanding as a sleepover with 14 years-old girls.” Amy Chua not only strong teacher, she is a perfect psychologist.

Relationship between parent and child is very important and it’s crucial in the way how you establish them. In western societies parent and child relationship is more of best friends where kids are more likely to be more open but this also means less respect for the parent since kids can and will talk back when they are getting lectured, kids don’t listen and completely silence out the parent mostly it’s when the kid expresses anger or frustration. In Chinese culture there is something called “filial piety” which comes from Confucius philosophy and means respect for parents, elders and ancestors. When Chua was young girl she remembered something that happened years ago and what taught her a lesson for life “maybe more than once-when I was extremely disrespectful to my mother, my father angrily called me “garbage” in our native Hokkien dialect. It worked really well.” She also shows us how shaming is used and how she did it with her two druthers. Basically the younger generation has to look up and look after their parents and take good care of them also be engaged in activities that would better their family name and their family status. Chua describes very well how she is raising her children with endless day of practicing musical instruments and overachieving in education and zero social life just to create some one perfect, and one would believe that the achievements in life of her kids will reflect on her.

In conclusion new society with high economic and modern technology requires new ways of forming human. The tiger parenting is a good way in this century because these methods actually today when children grow up. Good parental monitoring, literate children properly shame, support children high achievements, and good skills education make our children being to number one in modern society. Amy Chua’s parent model show us in her family results are her two daughters, respect to the elders. Now they are promising girls who have good way for future to success and achieving their dreams. This shows that with hard work and dedication anything is possible and the only thing that keeps us from achieving something is ourselves because you will never get anywhere is you don’t start and keeps trying to move forward.

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