tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post7838663251203165859..comments2024-03-24T22:24:11.549-07:00Comments on Rice Daddies: Dear Asian America: Forget Chua’s Book, This is Our “It Gets Better” MomentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-67623083584135682592011-01-13T19:59:12.711-08:002011-01-13T19:59:12.711-08:00Many people are throwing around the statistic abou...Many people are throwing around the statistic about suicides, but looking further, the suicide rate is even higher for Japanese Americans, who presumably are on average more generations removed from the first immigrant generation. So can one really suggest this has to do with the strict immigrant parenting model?<br /><br />In addition, I can't even find a direct reference to the source dataClairenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-59687544719526151542011-01-13T06:00:22.605-08:002011-01-13T06:00:22.605-08:00When Amy Chua threatens her daughter, who is tryin...When Amy Chua threatens her daughter, who is trying to master a song on the piano, with the removal and donation of her toys, no lunch or dinner, no birthday parties, and name calling, I would consider that bullying. I understand that goals and expectations must be set high, but there are ways to motivate that don't include this type of behavior.Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03056981131615246618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-76352577889800632152011-01-12T12:14:54.882-08:002011-01-12T12:14:54.882-08:00Chua seems to be spewing very misleading and poten...Chua seems to be spewing very misleading and potentially harmful garbage. She needs to look at all the available literature on parenting styles and ethnicity before spewing nonsense she has no business talking about. Studies show that Asian American (and Chinese American) students succeed in school *despite* the parenting styles of their parents and not because of it. They have the least parentalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-17893670322233351902011-01-12T05:32:26.537-08:002011-01-12T05:32:26.537-08:00Thank you for compiling such a nice list of links ...Thank you for compiling such a nice list of links and calling my attention to the response to the article. I was really annoyed at it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21651465.post-21155231335522040772011-01-11T20:17:23.793-08:002011-01-11T20:17:23.793-08:00Seriously, this is our "It Gets Better" ...Seriously, this is our "It Gets Better" moment? You are either vastly under-estimating what it means to have grown up gay or vastly over-dramatizing what it means to have grown up with Asian parents (full disclosure: I am not the former. I am the latter). I'll set aside for now the specifics of the book - which I haven't read, so I can't really comment on it as I've onlyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com