An article printed in the Wall Street Journal entitled “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior” was all the buzz this week. The author, Amy Chua, a Yale law professor, spoke of raising her two daughters in a traditionally Chinese way, demanding of them using techniques that many Western parents would consider downright mean. Chua’s self-described parenting style included yelling, shaming, name-calling and other forceful methods to get her children to turn out to be the best at anything they did: namely academics and musical instruments.
She spoke of calling her daughter “garbage” as a way to disgrace her in front of others for being disrespectful and shame her into good behavior. Chua explained that Chinese mothers do this out of wanting the best for their children. What struck me is that if this woman was the mother of these two girls in China, the younger of the two, if not both, would likely be dead – either from abortion or post partum infanticide on discovery she was a girl. Mothering in China includes a devastating reality that has taken the lives of unknown numbers of little girls meant for this world. LifeNews
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