Why Chinese Mothers are Not Superior (from a female Chinese engineer)

Re:Why Chinese Mothers are Not Superior (from a female Chine... by jasonyyun on Monday January 10, 2011 @10:30PM (#2090744)

I don't want to start another topic, so I'll leave this - an excellent response from a user on Quora on the topic: http://www.quora.com/Parenting/Is-Amy-Chua-right-when-she-ex...

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Re:Why Chinese Mothers are Not Superior (from a female Chine... by MaxGabriel on Monday January 10, 2011 @11:27PM (#2090873)

The quote from that comment is very telling.

I did not choose the title of the WSJ excerpt, and I don't believe that there is only one good way of raising children. The actual book is more nuanced, and much of it is about my decision to retreat from the "strict Chinese immigrant" model. -Amy Chua

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Re:Why Chinese Mothers are Not Superior (from a female Chine... by redcap on Tuesday January 11, 2011 @12:04AM (#2090955)

Seconded - the Quora response is excellent and suggests/hints that the pressure from parents is one reason why suicide is high among Asian-American females.

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Re:Why Chinese Mothers are Not Superior (from a female Chine... by nuggien on Monday January 10, 2011 @11:32PM (#2090883)

she seems to be blaming her mother for driving her sister towards depression and suicide. Kinda harsh. Could have been something else.

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Re:Why Chinese Mothers are Not Superior (from a female Chine... by mechanical_fish on Tuesday January 11, 2011 @12:24AM (#2091006)

Not exactly. Depression killed her sister. She blames her mother for training her sister to hide that depression at all costs.

She may never know "why" the depression happened (as if there needs to be a reason) but unfortunately she probably has a pretty good idea of why her sister didn't turn to family for help.

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