[mgoetze]

barmar, on 2011-January-16, 16:06, said:

I assume everything being discussed applies mostly just to urban Chinese. Isn't the majority of the country made up of peasants? They're presumably not all forcing their kids to practice the violin and grooming them for advanced university degrees.

Actually I assume it applies mostly to Chinese immigrants in the USA.

[mike777]

barmar, on 2011-January-16, 16:06, said:

I assume everything being discussed applies mostly just to urban Chinese. Isn't the majority of the country made up of peasants? They're presumably not all forcing their kids to practice the violin and grooming them for advanced university degrees.

Chinese Mother is a metaphor! It applies to all races.
In fact per the book many Chinese women if not most are not a "chinese mother"

[barmar]

mgoetze, on 2011-January-16, 16:41, said:

Actually I assume it applies mostly to Chinese immigrants in the USA.

But Yan Sun's article indicates that it comes from the culture back in the old country.

[dustinst22]

Interesting "response" article -- "Why American Mothers are Superior"


http://techcrunch.co...thers-superior/

[kenberg]

That's one great article. The woman is undoubtedly brilliant and, more important, energetic and imaginative. With great looking kids. OK, enough.

One thing that particularly struck home:

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Looking back, I wonder whatever possessed the admissions staff at Washington University in St. Louis to look at my SAT scores and overlook everything else, but I will be forever grateful that they did. I doubt many universities would admit a student like me today, particularly not at age 16.

As my oldest granddaughter was applying for college (she is a freshman, well first year but classified as a sophomore because of AP, at Syracuse University in NY) I realized that if my 1950s persona had been transported to the modern era, there is no way I would have gotten in to any decent college.

I found her attitude just wonderful.