Jeremy Grimaldi > Quotes

“First, Asian parents tend to emphasize effort rather than innate ability as the determiner for success. Second, their children’s peer groups support one another when they work hard at school.”
― Jeremy Grimaldi, A Daughter's Deadly Deception: The Jennifer Pan Story

“While in the dominant Western culture in the United States, the desired child-rearing goals are independence, individualism, social assertiveness, confidence, and competence,” write researchers in one paper on Asian-American parenting, “traditional Asian families tend to be culturally collectivistic, emphasizing interdependence, conformity, emotional self-control, and humility. These cultural values produce deeply ingrained family values, such as a strong sense of obligation and orientation to the family and respect for and obedience to parents and elders.”
― Jeremy Grimaldi, A Daughter's Deadly Deception: The Jennifer Pan Story

“some Chinese parents display love through irony, screaming at you for spending too much money on them and fighting to the death in a restaurant for the right to pay the cheque. “Chinese families know how to love fiercely,” writes a blogger quoted in the article. “They do it through immense generosity, unwavering loyalty, and a lot of food.”
― Jeremy Grimaldi, A Daughter's Deadly Deception: The Jennifer Pan Story