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Defining Tiger Parenting in Chinese Americans

Author(s) -

Su Yeong Kim

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

human development

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.232

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 1423-0054

pISSN - 0018-716X

DOI - 10.1159/000353711

Subject(s) - tiger , parenting styles , scholarship , psychology , developmental psychology , phenomenon , categorization , chinese americans , longitudinal study , sociology , political science , ethnic group , medicine , anthropology , physics , quantum mechanics , philosophy , computer security , epistemology , computer science , law , pathology

"Tiger" parenting, as described by Amy Chua [2011], has instigated scholarly discourse on this phenomenon and its possible effects on families. Our eight-year longitudinal study, published in the Asian American Journal of Psychology [Kim, Wang, Orozco-Lapray, Shen, & Murtuza, 2013b], demonstrates that tiger parenting is not a common parenting profile in a sample of 444 Chinese American families. Tiger parenting also does not relate to superior academic performance in children. In fact, the best developmental outcomes were found among children of supportive parents. We examine the complexities around defining tiger parenting by reviewing classical literature on parenting styles and scholarship on Asian American parenting, along with Amy Chua's own description of her parenting method, to develop, define, and categorize variability in parenting in a sample of Chinese American families. We also provide evidence that supportive parenting is important for the optimal development of Chinese American adolescents.

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