Being a parent comes with a lot of responsibility and difficult decision-making. You always have your child's best interest at heart, but sometimes your child may disagree with the rules you have set down. Parenting is one of the most challenging and admirable responsibilities that people can experience. In the parenting world, there is a type of parent known as authoritarian. Now these authoritarian parents are in control of every miniscule detail in their child's every day activity. Also known as "helicopter parenting", these parents hover over their children in hopes that they will become the "perfect" child. The same could be said about Amy Chua from the Article "How to raise a No. 1 child ", written by Margaret Wente. This article identifies how Chua raises her daughters through strict parenting, which leads her daughters to success. Although Wente shares her own strong beliefs about raising a number one child, I would disagree with her thoughts; her arguments throughout the article show the weak use of the method of development analogy, a mixed tone and an undeveloped explanation of one of her main ideas.
Raising a child can happen successfully by strict parents, natural talent, good genetics and a huge amount of inner motivation according to Wente. However, I disagree with her thoughts due to the fact that I have experienced something different while growing up within my household. Although my mom is Chinese, she did not raise me the strict Chinese Tiger Mother way. Throughout my childhood, both my parents were always supportive of me and encouraged me to do anything that I wanted. My parents never forced me to always get high marks, but simply just to try my best. For example when I was in grade 3, I got my first C in math and I had to show my parents. At first I was scared that I would get into trouble, however it turned out the complete opposite. I remember my mom saying, "It's okay, we all have our bad.