She tries to compare two parenting theories. One theory is the Chinese way as suggested by Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and the Western way of parenting. The Chinese way of parenting is brought about as the authoritarian type which means that the parent’s word forms the law, and it is not subject to questioning. On the other hand, the American parenting style is brought out as weak mainly representing the uninvolved parenting style where the parents are concerned less about their children’s development. In the development of her argument, she gave out real examples of the results brought about by the different parenting styles advocated. She cited the America’s economy to be falling behind other countries because the children have learned to be less caring due to minimal monitoring from their parents. On contrast countries from the east seem to have an upward curve as far as their economy is concerned due to the hardworking nature of their citizens. Murphy Paul connects this with the parenting style advocated by parents there that involve giving rules that are supposed to be held with high standards without questioning. By giving an example with the Amy Chua’s family, Murphy Paul tries to reveal that authoritarian style surpasses that of the western world in eliminating laziness to develop the economy.I assert with Murphy Paul’s …show more content…
In addition, environments such as social, cultural, economic or political contexts require different expectations for parenting. Finally, parents are forced to raise their children by trial and error, as Chua learned to adjust to parenting. We all did something that we wanted we would do differently when the issue moved to