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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]American citizen but raised in South Asia. I am finding it difficult since the way I was raised is so different from how it is here. I cannot stand disrespect from kids and it is not something you see where I was raised. It causes a lot of fights in our home.

The things my kid gets away with, my parents would have abused the hell out of me for that. [/quote]

I'm a born and raised Caucasian American, married for 20 years to an Asian immigrant and disrespect was not tolerated in my house growing up, and I don't tolerate it from my teen and tween.  I don't know why this stereotype persists.  And I don't abuse them to get their respect.  If your kids are getting away with it, that's on you, not American culture.[/quote]

I agree with the PP. I'm the one that posted earlier about having to talk to DH about his parenting. I'm Indian, and I'm not raising my child the way my parents raised me (my parents are good people, we were well loved and cared for, just believed in corporal punishment), because when you know better, you do better. This does not mean that my child is allowed to walk all over us, or be disrespectful. What it does mean is that I treat her as her own person with opinions and emotions, and don't dismiss them off-hand because she's a child. I don't expect her to bend to our will, just because we're her parents, and she must respect our authority. DD has friends with authoritative parents, and if there is a recurring theme, it is that they cannot wait to get out, and stay out. It is not what I want for our relationship. [/quote]

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