![]() How does that happen? Why would a parent undermine his/her child’s potentials? How does a parent become so anxious and skeptical about his/her child’s ability? One might wonder, if parents are conscious of these underlying assumptions, would they ever choose to convey these disempowering messages to their precious children? This is a far more common phenomenon that occurs across ethnicity, gender, age, and cultural background. Truth be told, this does not happen exclusively to Chinese parents, as you probably suspect. Although these terms differ slightly in their meanings, they all similarly convey a fundamental assumption about these children - “ You are not good enough.” Similar terms like, “helicopter parents” and “monster parents,” are also often used to describe how parents closely follow every moves their children make, demanding for success, allowing little room for failure, and leaving little chance for autonomy for their children. “Tiger Mother,” a term that was hugely popularized by Amy Chua’s article in the Wall Street Journal in 2011, titled, “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” describes how parents hold suffocatingly high expectations for their child that often lead to conflicts in a parent-child relationship. ![]() | ACS Site Supervisor, Terman Middle School ![]()
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