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[ghostrider]

[Seoulman69]

What I find worrying is that the author works at Seoul National University as an English professor. This is a guy who uses the Big Bang Theory to support his argument.
I don't want to argue about this because every mother loves their child and does their best to raise them in the way they see as most beneficial to their child. This is just more biased shit from some lunatic Korean.

[optik404]

Isn't it normal for kids to go to bed around that time?

[caniff]

*fart sound*

^ Okay, this isn't a complete response to the article and I'm nothing if not concerned about the issue of....


Who am I kidding? Korean mothers rock (just try fighting one). I'm no pushover, but they ain't no joke.

[WadRUG'naDoo]

[Nolos]

Whoever wrote this is a professional troll. No other words to explain such bs.

[misher]

Dedicate time for their children for what?

Not sayimg the western way is perfect. The hands off, everyone is a winner, you can be a flower if you want to be a flower is actually pretty bad for many reasons but I actually think the Korean way is worse and incredibly selfish because it's entirely about image.

It's not education for education's sake. Child' health and organic growth be damned. Just ace your damn KSAT, go to SNU and become a diplomat in MOFA. we don't care what you actually learn along the way. It's bragging rights and money/prestige so the parents can look better than other parents. Western parents can certainly be guilty of this too but Korea is just on a whole other level with this.

[Who's Your Daddy?]

That article reminds me why I don't read Korean English media, what garbage.

Could the difference be; American mothers are more likely to have a job. Or Korean fathers work late, so the Korean mother doesn't want to watch TV alone? Or the home only has one TV, vs. the kids having a TV in their room? Or the kids sleep on the floor of the living room and don't have their own bedroom? There are other factors which might result in this outcome.

[caniff]

[spilot101]

[back to the op] Gimmickry aside, anyone who's half awake will notice a huge difference in parenting (and the lack of), when looking at the two cultures. There is a reason why the US leads the world in mental illness (nearly tripling the average rate) with poor parenting/family dynamic being the primary cause. I would suggest reading Alfie Kohn for more insight, starting with the "Case Against Competition"....

[OBwannabe]

Absolutely fine article. I have no issues with it, except for those two paragraphs dealing with American mothers. Totally unnecessary and it would have been a fine piece with out those paragraphs.

Yet one more feeble attempt to disparage America and all things "western?.
He essentially makes the argument that Korean mothers are better than American moms. But why? Why bother with that....isn't it good enough that moms in Korea are great?

If you are going to compare your country with America with the point being that your country is better, then all you are doing is using the USA as your measuring stick. Which in turn means it is something to aspire to and is in fact better(in your own mind).

I despise nationalistic pride.

[EZE]

[cdninkorea]

I'm really sick of hearing about how Korean mothers love their children more than those of other countries. My response whenever I hear this is, "Then why does Korea export so many babies? I would think that loving mothers wouldn't put their children up for adoption at such a high rate."

[andrewchon]

Yeah, he's made that Dan Quayle's Murphy-Brown-mistake of comparing real life with a TV show. However, what else is supposed to say? He's a prof at SNU, without the one-eyed support for his school by tiger-ajumma, his school's prestige will be lost. So, he's just doing his job by making a rallying call to the ardent supporters.

[Who's Your Daddy?]