Question about Tiger mom (or dad) parenting?

golfer3
Wed, 03 Jul 2013 17:21:07 +0000

Maybe this has been discussed before but I was just wondering, does anyone believe that “Asian style” parenting (sorry I know Im stereotyping; I don’t know how else to put it) tends to be more heavily focused on boys then girls.

Im asking this because after reading articles about Amy Chua and her parenting style I can honestly say I have never had an asian female friend with parents anything like that. However, I know lots of Asian guys that have parents just like that (okay maybe not that extreme but similar). I’m not saying Asian parents aren’t strict with their daughters but they give them much more leeway (i.e. grades must be good but not insanely good, parties are okay, get into a good college but it doesn’t have to be harvard)

I know in countries like South Korea if a guy doesn’t have a job after college its like really bad (like 10x worse than in the states) and sometime they’re even shunned by their families so maybe thats why. However, I think this is less common nowadays but I know it still happens especially if the family is traditional.

Anyone with a similar experience?