Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior

Why Chinese Mothers are Superior
Sport in Education
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576059713528698754.html
4/9/11

The article was about how "Chinese" mothers treat their children compared to "Western" parents. They do everything in their power to make a child good at something that they want them to be good at. They do not accept failure and constantly push the child. In their eyes the child can take anything that you say to them because it is ultimately helping them to succeed. They focus on their child being able to succeed through musical instruments or school. They do not let their child attend sleepovers, watch TV or play video games, or even have a play-date with a friend; instead this time is used to practice their instruments and school work.

This article was not about sport but the sport could be substituted with music or school work since this is what they do for their extracurricular activities. I do not really agree with the article because I do think that people need to express themselves in their own way and this may be through sports or music. If we all only stressed music and school work then there would be no variety in the world. I don't think that they should be as strict on their children as they are but there definitely needs to be some strictness. The personal account she gave of her daughter playing the piano made me feel sorry for the girl but in the end it paid off and she learned the piece. There needs to be differences in the world so people can choose how to discipline, teach, and raise their kids in their own way.