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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP given all the various views you're seeing from the Indians on this thread -- based on whether we are 1st or 2nd gen, how we were raised etc -- I think you're probably getting the point that there are all types of Indian parenting and there isn't commonality across the board.

One thing that I do think remains in common across Indian families wherever they may be/however they were raised -- they consider school to be a "kid's job" esp in higher grades like high school. That means there is some coddling in that Indian kids tend not to do formal/weekly chores because it is better that they be studying. Reality is -- no kid studies 24 hrs a day and unloading the dishwasher a few times a week won't make them get bad grades, but that's just what many Indians believe -- all laundry, food needs are taken care of so a kid only has to worry about school.[/quote]

First generation Indian American here.  This is not my experience.  In fact, I have memories of my dad specifically telling me that I couldn't go do my homework until I loaded the dishwasher.  This isn't to say education wasn't highly prized in my family, it was, just that my parents had an equal expectation of us being contributing members of the household.  Taht said, our "chores" weren't formal in the sense that they weren't called chores.  Just like I don't consider it a "chore" to do the dishes as an adult, just something that comes along with living in a house with a kitchen, being expected to take on responsibilities in my parents home was also not a chore, just something necessary to make life happen.[/quote]

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