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<p>This isn’t necessarily an Asian thing. In my childhood neighborhood, I recalled several “old school” parents…both immigrants and multi-generational White ethnics(Irish, Greek) and Hispanic who were the same way.</p>
<p>One extreme example I saw firsthand was a Hispanic elementary school classmate whose father was Vietnam vet, 20+ year Marine veteran, and did a stint as a drill sergeant at Parris Island. He treated his son almost like a Marine recruit to be disciplined and drilled and never complemented his son as he felt that was a form of “spoiling him” from what I overheard from his conversations with my father and other neighborhood men. </p>
<p>His room at 8 years old was the epitome of spartan order and something which would likely pass inspection at military training establishments. Something which was part of the plan as my friend’s father was a bit of a “Tiger dad” except his goal was seeing his son go off to attend one of the Federal Service Academies. Heard he gave his son much grief when he failed to gain admission to any of them…even though he got a full Army ROTC scholarship from a local private college. </p>