Comments by "Zhi Han Lee" (@lzh4950) on "An Introduction to Chinese Parenting Dynamics" video.

  1. I remember my mother once bristled: " *You mean respect is supposed to be earned? * " because Asian society generalises more in some areas, such as assuming that older people are more experienced (but in today's fast changing world, need to see also how much of it is still relevant today) & thus must (almost) always be right, & thus cannot be questioned or not respected. They might invoke 1 of our sayings: "I have eaten more salt than you've eaten rice"
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  2. While IIRC there is a UN push to end corporal punishment in schools, meanwhile in Singapore a 14-year old student was ridiculed when he opined online that he felt that his school's caning of him for vaping was harsh
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  3. IIRC in 2009 a Malaysian consular staff in Sweden was convicted of child abuse after he spanked his child, while meanwhile in Asia we have a saying: "Spare the rod & spoil the child"
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  4. 3:45 In Asia us as children are expected to know that everything that our parents do towards us are "for our own good". "Tough love" as they call it I think. There was a case reported in our newspaper where a father felt slighted when his son asked why he was ordered to run 5km every early Sun morning: "I'm the breadwinner; don't ask questions"
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