Julie, who lives in the United States, and Jiang, who lives in China, met while cruising the Pacific and, as they got to know each other, they started comparing their cultures
When they got to the topic of parenting behavior, what differences between their two cultures would you expect them to discover?
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer will be similar to the following:
Julie, being from the United States, is likely to report that parents in her culture want their children to be happy and self-reliant, and that most parents think the best way to achieve that goal is to be warm and exert moderate control over children.
Jiang, however, is likely to tell a slightly different story. Parents in China, as in many other Asian and Latin American countries, put less value on individualism and more importance on cooperation and collaboration. Confucian principles say that parents are always right and that emotional restraint is the key to family harmony. So, Chinese parents tend to be less warm towards their children and more controlling than American parents.
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