Tiger Mom-Style Strict Parenting is Leading to End of "the Asian Family"
My Malaysian Chinese girlfriend frequently speak of how pushy her parents can be. Not only run errands for the house, force her to go to university to study what they dictate, and compel her to help out with the family business on a more permanent basis. She tells me that she just want to get away from her family and move far far away to become independent just like what I am currently doing by living and working in Malaysia. While such complaints are common among Asians growing up in the West with its strong individualistic values, it is rather interesting to observe similar mentality in collectivist Asia .