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Mar. 16th, 2011 08:09 pmMy brain seems to have recovered most of its functionality today.
I took part in a discussion about this article, Why Chinese Mothers are Superior. We have these 'coffee hour' discussions once a month or so, at work. This one was a follow up to a Cultural Sensitivity workshop we had during our in-service day last month. Our director led this discussion, and while everything we did was interesting and thought-provoking, I felt like the main point she was trying to make was very peripheral to the ideas in the article.
The article itself really struck a nerve with me, though, and has given me a lot to think about. It really points out how much culture determines what is acceptable and expected behavior. Things that we might consider terribly inappropriate if not downright emotionally abusive in our culture are considered the proper way to motivate one's children in another. For me, it was a little difficult, at first, to set aside my own biases and read the article without making judgments, but after letting it percolate a day or so, I can see a lot of places where there is a good middle ground to be found between the two extremes of western and eastern child-rearing as they are presented.
I took part in a discussion about this article, Why Chinese Mothers are Superior. We have these 'coffee hour' discussions once a month or so, at work. This one was a follow up to a Cultural Sensitivity workshop we had during our in-service day last month. Our director led this discussion, and while everything we did was interesting and thought-provoking, I felt like the main point she was trying to make was very peripheral to the ideas in the article.
The article itself really struck a nerve with me, though, and has given me a lot to think about. It really points out how much culture determines what is acceptable and expected behavior. Things that we might consider terribly inappropriate if not downright emotionally abusive in our culture are considered the proper way to motivate one's children in another. For me, it was a little difficult, at first, to set aside my own biases and read the article without making judgments, but after letting it percolate a day or so, I can see a lot of places where there is a good middle ground to be found between the two extremes of western and eastern child-rearing as they are presented.
