The article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” by Amy Chua demonstrates the two different parenting mindsets: Chinese parenting and the Western approach to parenting. In my opinion, Chinese parents are very strict about school work and extracurricular activities such as pianos and violins. For example, if we compare the two different parenting groups; Chua says, for example, that Western parents believe they are being strict when they force their children to practice their instruments for 30 minutes to an hour a day. This is nothing compared to Chinese parents who would say that the first hour of practice is easy, while the second or third hour becomes difficult (Chua 2011). This shows how Chinese parents are highly strict compared to Western parents. Chinese parents would say everything that needs to be said to their children directly, but Westerners would go ahead and tell their children, so it wouldn't hurt their feelings or self-esteem. Some of these examples demonstrate that Chinese parents have intelligent children, but are they intelligent enough for society? In other words, these Chinese children are capable of working in group projects compared to an American boy who normally lives life as a child; such as going to sleep at home and participating in various school activities. This is what David Brooks actually discusses in his article "Amy Chua Is a Wimp", he states that Amy Chua's way of parenting, which is Chinese parenting, is not effective enough. Sure their children are very intelligent and get high grades, but can they participate in well-functioning groups? One thing Chinese parents lack is a set of skills that are not formally taught, but are imparted through strenuous experiences. This is exactly what Chua...... in the center of the card ......h is a sign of strength. Western kids wouldn't take this kind of pressure and it would be seen as a sign of weakness. Many people have different learning styles, and as education.com's “different learning styles in education” article states, not everyone understands materials the same way. You may learn better from the reading/writing learning style than the kinesthetic learning style. The reading and writing style might work better for the Chinese style approach which is the oriental approach. They mostly read and write, which makes them memorize information and remember it. A Western approach would be more of a kinesthetic learning style of learning when you move and do other things as you learn. You can't teach everyone the same way, that's why there are different types of approaches for all the different people that are out there.