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There Are All These New Books Out There Portraying Asian Mothers As Scheming, Callous, Overdriven People Indifferent To Their Kids' True Interests. For Their Part, Many Chinese Secretly Believe That They Care More About Their Children And Are Willing To Sacrifice Much More For Them Than Westerners, Who Seem Perfectly Content To Let Their Children Turn Out Badly. I Think It's A Misunderstanding On Both Sides. All Decent Parents Want To Do What's Best For Their Children. The Chinese Just Have A Totally Different Idea Of How To Do That.

A Western Upbringing Tends To Stress Questioning Authority, Which Is Always Asking Why, Why, Why.

Westerners Often Laud Their Children As 'talented' Or 'gifted', While Asian Parents Highlight The Importance Of Hard Work. And In Fact, Research Performed By Stanford Psychologist Carol Dweck Has Found That The Way Parents Offer Approval Affects The Way Children Perform, Even The Way They Feel About Themselves.

You Know, Parenting Is So Personal. And We're All Afraid That We Didn't Quite Get It Right. And It Feels Like The Stakes Are So High. By We - What If We Made A Mistake?

The Truth Is I'm Not Good At Enjoying Life.