Trong mối quan tâm đến giáo dục phổ thông nước nhà, xin giới thiệu bài văn sau đây của Nguyễn Trường Thiên Lý quê Cần Thơ.

Nguyễn Trường Thiên Lý sang Mỹ năm 2010 theo diện tự túc học lớp 10 ở trường Fairmont Private Schools (địa chỉ: Anaheim, California, USA). Bài văn gợi lên nhiều suy nghĩ từ đề bài có tầm toàn cầu đến sự khuyến khích tư duy cá nhân, không viết theo suy nghĩ của người lớn mà còn tác động đến người lớn.

Thiên Lý cho biết, bài làm của cháu đạt điểm cao nhất lớp. Bài viết bằng tiếng Anh được Thiên Lý gửi e-mail từ Mỹ, kèm bài cháu dịch sang tiếng Việt.

Việc nuôi dưỡng con cái ở Á Đông tốt hơn bởi vì các bậc phụ huynh ở đó thiếu thốn hơn, họ phải hy sinh nhiều hơn cho con cái mình, và con cái họ biết phải làm gì cho tương lai của chúng.

Các bậc phụ huynh Á Đông thường nghiêm khắc hơn các bậc phụ huynh ở các nước khác. Họ quán xuyến mọi thứ thuộc về đời sống của con cái họ. Họ đặt ra những quy tắc riêng mà con cái họ khó lòng được phép làm, chẳng hạn như: ngủ qua đêm ở nhà bạn, hẹn hò với người mà chúng thích, hoặc ở lại trường tham gia các hoạt động.

Amy Chua, tác giả của bài báo “Tại sao các bà mẹ ở Trung Quốc lại chiếm ưu thế hơn?” lại nuôi được hai người con gái thành công. Bởi vì bà ấy đã áp dụng những điều nghiêm khắc với con gái mình. Bà ấy luôn nghiêm khắc với con gái mình nên chúng luôn làm theo mọi điều mà bà ấy muốn.

Ảnh minh họa: macstudentdiscount.org.

Bản tiếng Anh:

Asian parenting is better because parents are more stringent, they have sacrificed more for their children, and children know what they are able to do in the future.



Asian parents are stricter than other parents in the world. They control everything in their children‘s lives. Asian parents have their own rules that their children would hardly be allowed to do such as: sleepover at a friend’s house, have a date with someone that they like, or stay after school to join some activities. Amy Chua who is the author of the article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” has raised two successful daughters. She has used all of these strict things on her daughters. She is always being strict with her daughters, so they always follow everything that she wants. My home stay mother is the same as Amy Chua. She comes from China, so she wants her children to grow up in the Chinese traditional custom, even if they are living in the United States. She never allows her kids to talk when they are eating their meal. She also doesn’t allow her kids to burp in front of others because that shows impoliteness. Now I am living in her family, so I am also affected by her principles. It helps me realize that each Asian parent has different ways to teach their children, but these ways are more stringent than Western parents’ ways.



Asian parents have sacrificed more for their children. They can do everything to help their children even sacrificing their lives. That’s the feature of Asian parents. An Mei’s mother, who is one of the characters in the:”Joy Luck Club” movie, sacrificed so much for her daughter. She brought An Mei to the new family with a hope that An Mei would have a better life even though she is being bullied by other members in that family such as: An Mei’s husband and the second wife of An Mei’s husband. She is the fourth wife, so she can’t complain about anything. She only tries her best to protect An Mei. Everything she did is to show the sacrifice of Asian parents for their kids. Each parent has different ways to protect their children, but everything that they do is to provide happiness for their children. In my family, my dad is the person who has sacrificed so much for me. He has been working hard for many years to save enough money for my study aboard. This is also a way of Asian parents sacrificing for their children. Parents always want their children to have a good life, but Asian parents are the most sacrificial without receiving anything in return.



Asian parents help their children know what they are able to do in the future. Asian parents let their children see what they are capable of, and train them with skills, work habits, and inner confidence that no one can ever take away. In the ”Joy Luck Club” movie, Waverly’s mother lets Waverly play chess since she was a child, so she can win a lot of chess contests. If Waverly’s mother didn’t force her to play chess, she would have never won any contest. Asian parents always want their children to be good, so they set up everything in their children’s lives. They can do everything to make their children successful. In the article” Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”, Amy Chua told everybody that she demanded A’s, so her children always try to be the best in their study to get A’s. She did that because she believes that her children can get them. By contrast, Western parents never do that because they are extremely anxious about their children’s self-confidence. That’s why Asian parents are different from Western parents. Asian parents think the best way to protect children is by preparing the future for them.

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