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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Judgmental much, OP? Maybe you should focus less on other people's parenting styles and worry more about making sure your DD doesn't turn out like her mother.[/quote]

You people are way too sensitive.  There are cultural differences in parenting styles, and OP has noticed them.  I find a lot of Americans are ignorant of other people's culture. It's ok to ask about it without being judgemental.  There is a stereotypical American parenting style, too.

This PC crap is going overboard.   I'm Asian, and when I read on this forum about Asian tiger parenting styles it doesn't bother me because it does apply to a lot of Asian parents.  I also know that not all Asian parents are like this. So, [b]as long as people don't assume *ALL* people are like the stereotype, I don't think it's racist[/b].  Most people from a certain culture will fit a certain stereotype because they all come from the same culture, they have similar parenting styles, etc..   For example, I assume most American parents want their kids to be independent so their parenting style reflects this.  As you've read, to Asians, this is not important and they don't stress this.   By this assumption, I've now stereotyped most American parents as being too liberal.  Does that make me racist?  We only seem to call it stereotyping if the behavior is negative by our standards.  We don't seem to get all wound up about it if the stereotyping is positive.

Part of stereotyping is defining what a culture is like... ie, Asians value education. Americans value independence.  Aren't these all stereotypes?

The racism comes in only if you think you or your culture is better than someone else's simply because of your skin color.
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