Chinese parents’ goals and practices in early childhood

Luo, Rufan; Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S.; Song, Lulu

doi:10.1016/j.ecresq.2013.08.001

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“…Regardless, Baumrind's () framework on parenting styles has received considerable research attention, especially in explorations of Chinese parenting. Specifically, we have found that many researchers have placed parenting styles and practices within an ecological perspective, whether implicitly (e.g., Chen, Chen, & Zheng, ; Fung, Gerstein, Chun, & Hurley, 2013) or explicitly (e.g., Hung, ; Lieber, Fung, & Leung, ; Luo, Tamis‐LeMonda, & Song, ; Su & Hynie, ).…”

Section: Contemporary Chinese Parentingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Parenting and Family Relationships in Chinese Families: A Critical Ecological Approach

Chuang

Glozman²,

Green

et al. 2018

J of Family Theo & Revie

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Scholars have recently been paying greater attention to cultural and cross‐cultural research. However, studies have primarily been on between‐group comparisons, using White North American samples as a baseline. This approach results in misleading conclusions that overemphasize intergroup and underemphasize intragroup differences. We focus on Chinese families because they account for one‐fifth of the world's population, yet the understanding of Chinese families is limited. Our broad objective is a call to action, emphasizing the importance of moving beyond global and superficial assessments of Chinese parenting. On the basis of Bronfenbrenner's bioecological model, we critically explore the intra‐ and intergroup intricacies of Chinese parenting to illustrate how the study of culture and Chinese parenting has developed over the years. We provide in‐depth context for the various Chinese societies (i.e., China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan) and recent social transformations that emphasize the importance of considering the exo‐ and macrosystems.

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Section: Contemporary Chinese Parentingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Parenting and Family Relationships in Chinese Families: A Critical Ecological Approach

Chuang

Glozman²,

Green

et al. 2018

J of Family Theo & Revie

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“…These cultural differences have been attributed to East Asian cultures' greater emphasis on children's inhibitory and attentional control at home and in school settings. For example, consistent with the cultural emphasis on diligence and persistence in learning, Chinese parents are more likely to engage children in formal and work-oriented learning activities than European American parents (Luo et al, 2013). However, because socialization practices were not measured in cross-cultural studies on children's EC or executive functioning, researchers could not explicitly test whether cultural differences in socialization practices can explain the cultural differences in children's executive functioning or EC.…”

Section: The Role Of Effortful Control In the Links Between Family Famentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although authoritative and authoritarian parenting styles reflect core dimensions of parenting that are common across cultures (Sorkhabi, 2005), some researchers have argued that they may not capture the culturallyspecific parenting practices or beliefs in Chinese families (Chao, 1994). For example, Chinese parenting practices are thought to be influenced by Confucian principles, such as the emphasis on self-restraint (e.g., self-control of behaviors and emotions) and the pursuit of knowledge (e.g., diligence and persistence in learning) (Luo, Tamis-Lemonda, & Song, 2013). In support of these theories, a number of cross-cultural investigations have indicated that, compared to parents of Western/European American backgrounds, Chinese and Chinese American immigrant parents place greater emphasis on children's behavioral control, discipline, and academic achievement (Chao, 1994(Chao, , 2000Huntsinger, Jose, Larson, BalsinkKrieg, & Shaligram, 2000;Jose, Huntsinger, Huntsinger, & Liaw, 2000;Pearson & Rao, 2003).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…First, interventions can target parenting practices by educating and training Chinese American immigrant parents to reduce the use of coercive, overly strict, and punitive parenting practices and encourage the use of supportive parenting behaviors (Zhou, Chen, Cookston, & Wolchik, 2014). Second, interventions can utilize immigrant families' "cultural assets" by supporting their heritage cultural values and practices that promote children's selfregulation (Luo et al, 2013). Third, given associations between children's generation status, parent enculturation and children's English literacy skills; first-generation immigrant children and children of less acculturated parents may need additional English language support during early school grades.…”

Section: Implications For Education and Interventionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Effortful control and early academic achievement of Chinese American children in immigrant families

Chen

Main

Zhou

et al. 2015

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

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a b s t r a c tThe present study examined the direct and indirect relations of family contextual factors, effortful control (EC), and the early math and English literacy skills of first and second-generation Chinese American immigrant children in early elementary school. Using a socioeconomically diverse sample of 258 Chinese American children (53% receiving free-or reduced-price school lunch), we assessed EC with a combination of parent and teacher reports, computerized neuropsychological tests, and a behavioral frustration task. Children's math calculation and English literacy skills were assessed with standardized achievement tests. Results of structural equation modeling suggested that: (a) EC was positively associated with both math and English literacy skills; (b) parents' enculturation was marginally and positively associated with children's EC, and EC mediated the link between parent's enculturation and children's achievement, (c) authoritarian parenting was marginally and negatively associated with children's EC, and EC mediated the link between authoritarian parenting and children's achievement; (d) parents' enculturation had a direct and negative link to children's English literacy skills; and (e) no evidence of an EC × SES interaction was found. The findings highlight the need to consider joint influences of socioeconomic, interpersonal, and cultural factors on children's academic development in immigrant families; and provide support for promoting children's effortful control as an intermediate target of intervention.

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“…However, if caregivers' social goals are to promote obedience, behavioral discipline, and social cohesion, then the conversational style will reflect these values, with greater emphasis on the actions of others, far fewer references to internal states, and greater emphasis on social and behavioral norms (Doan & Wang, 2010;Luo, Tamis-LeMonda, & Song, 2013).…”

Section: Social Goals and Parent-child Communicationmentioning

confidence: 99%

From Talk to Thought

Taumoepeau

2015

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

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In a sample of Pacific Island families living in New Zealand (N = 45), this study tested the relation between caregivers' strength of ethnic identity and their use of desire, cognitive, and emotion language with their toddlers during a picture description task at 15, 20, 26, 33, and 39 months. Using multi-level growth modeling, caregivers' strength of ethnic identity predicted the change trajectories of caregivers' mental state talk over and above the effects of education levels, and these individual estimates were predictive of their children's performance on an emotion situation and knowledge access tasks at 39 months. We discuss the results in the light of theories regarding the role of culture and mental state language socialization of young children.

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Chinese parents’ goals and practices in early childhood

Cited by 201 publications

References 145 publications

Parenting and Family Relationships in Chinese Families: A Critical Ecological Approach

Parenting and Family Relationships in Chinese Families: A Critical Ecological Approach

Effortful control and early academic achievement of Chinese American children in immigrant families

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