This is part of a series of responses to Amy Chua’s article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” in the Wall Street Journal. Posts on this topic are tagged as [Chua].

This is the last piece of my response to Chua’s article. Up until now I’ve pretty much been against Chua, with occasional concessions. This last one is the controversial piece where I admit she may have a point.

(But then I still end on a counter-argument.)

I’ve read the article many times by now, but if you don’t remember it, go back and check the story about Lulu…

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This is part of a series of responses to Amy Chua’s article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” in the Wall Street Journal. Posts on this topic are tagged as [Chua].

Now three weeks old, the contentious Chua article is no longer on everyone’s mind, and these responses are becoming less and less relevant. Still, this is the second-to-last one, and these last two are an important part of what I have to say.

The subject of this piece is basically the list at the start of the article; the title comes from this paragraph:

Chinese parents believe that…

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This is part of a series of responses to Amy Chua’s article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” in the Wall Street Journal. Posts on this topic are tagged as [Chua].

(Don’t worry, it just looks long cause there are a lot of quotes.)

I’m going to start this one off with a personal anecdote that’s probably one of the most emotional moments of my childhood, or was. But it’s also going to seem rather silly now. (It does to me, too.)

When we were little, my brother and I had “computer time” limits — how much time we…

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