Are Chinese Moms Superior?

I have no idea.

But, in a piece in the Wall Street Journal, Yale Law professor and author of a new book on the subject, Amy Chua, extols the virtues of Chinese parenting styles over Western ones.  I thought she was describing Jewish mothers, but apparently the Chinese are Jews… or Jews aren’t Western… or something.

And in the wonderful age of auto-animation, someone has already critiqued Chua’s piece with this video:

UPDATE

And here is the comedian, Louis C.K., making an argument similar to Amy Chua’s about effective parenting.  Wait a minute.  How can he do that?  Doesn’t he know that he isn’t Chinese?

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3 Responses to Are Chinese Moms Superior?

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    January 11, 2011 at 6:38 pm

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  2. Greg Forster's avatar Greg Forster says:
    January 12, 2011 at 10:17 am

    The Journal did a book review of the same book this week, in which it’s revealed that Chua had to back off on her overbearing ways after her 13-year-old rebelled. Seems like the picture’s more complicated than the headline makes it seem.

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  3. Stuart Buck's avatar Stuart Buck says:
    January 28, 2011 at 5:13 pm

    I was impressed with how funny the book was: http://stuartbuck.blogspot.com/2011/01/yale-law-professor-amy-chua-has.html

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