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Do Chinese mums and dads make better parents than their Western counterparts?

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Last broadcast on Tue, 11 Jan 2011, 18:05 on BBC World Service.

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We discuss Asian American professor Amy Chua's comments on parenting. She thinks the discipline and high academic expectations Chinese parents have of their children, is in the child's best interest.

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  1. Tue 11 Jan 2011
    18:05

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