“Huang notes the same paradox that Kristof does: Just as Americans are admiring the Chinese system of education, the Chinese are concerned about its limits, especially in regard to how it tends to quash creativity and individuality in favor of what is often rote learning. This paradox is evident in the American-born Chua’s determination to raise two daughters who won’t drift from their Chinese roots and be, well, slackers (i.e., students who get a B here and there, play sports, and go to state universities).

And while the Chinese parents whom Kristof mentions don’t exactly wish to raise children who are ‘low achievers’ hanging around the mall and playing videogames, their concerns about how traditional Chinese education create students who perform well on tests but can’t figure out novel ways to solve problems should not be discounted.

Maybe what we can learn from the Chinese education system is that we really should be something other than tiger mothers.”

http://www.care2.com/causes/education/blog/what-can-we-learn-from-the-chinese-education-system/

The above written by a Chinese person, and check out the video at the bottom of the article. For anyone to admire China, or parts of their culture, should take note that children with disabilities are not treated very well. Even when it comes to housing for its people, near the end of the film.

Another article from a Chinese perspective why Chinese mothers from hell (her words) is acceptable behaviour.

1. Traditional China values women by the children they raise. Muyizigui is an age-old Chinese saying that means a mother is only worth as much as her son. This must have made things even worse back when polygamy was permitted in China, until 1949. One can imagine all the determined wives competing with each other through their children.

2. The glorification of suffering. This is not unique to Chinese mothers or Chinese culture, but Chinese do believe ?eating bitterness? is necessary and vital in order to achieve success. Passion and enjoyment are irrelevant. Chinese wear their pain as a war veteran wears his medals. As Ms. Chua has made clear, suffering earns one bragging rights. It would be totally pointless if Ms. Chua’s daughters actually enjoyed playing the musical instruments she has them practice day in and day out.

3. The Chinese, as a people, were deprived of individual rights. Since the individual rights of parents are not guaranteed, it is natural that parents would see fit to deprive their children of the same. Success means one can impose one?s will on other”

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-01-15/why-chinese-moms-act-crazy/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsC1

At the end she states, “It is ironic that as young Chinese mothers in Beijing and Shanghai are embracing more enlighted Western ideas about child raising, mothers from Connecticut are sinking deeper into China?s darker past in child rearing.”