<p>Hmm…There should be thread on this forum for chinese children/parents/people</p>
<p>As Rluo11 Said, most Chinese parents have “extreme” concern over the future of their children/child. </p>
<p>While most like to work and play, Chinese philosophy is to work first then play, as in work as hard as possible for the first 30 years of your life so you can “slack off” for the next 30 years. Well…that’s what my mother tells me.
They basically don’t want us to struggle in our careers when we’re older, they want us to have an easy life cause we “excelled” when we were younger.</p>
<p>This may also pose a benefit to them (IDK really kno but why else would they push kids this hard) because if your son/daughter is a doctor/lawyer/engineer you’ll have a nice retirement too.</p>
<p>Also this is a competition to see who has the most prestigious/honorable/gifted child among the bunch. </p>
<p>Also, sometimes they are a little “heartless”, but they still “love” us.
They yell a lot. When you don’t know how to do something,forget something, do something wrong, they will begin telling their life story and how they struggled to get to America and how your future will be a total failure unless you do it right or follow their directions. Much more strict than average parents.
I.E: just woke up out of bed this morning and they are complaining about my future and how if I don’t “learn” to comb my hair I will never amount to anything (which apparently is their favorite catchphrase: if I don’t “learn” to _________ you will never amount to anything and “WORK MINIMUM WAGE REST YOUR LIFE”)</p>
<p>Anyway those are my two cents.</p>