Lazy Dad's Guide to Everything

Not to over-generalize, but what counts as “news” in this country is usually utter crap, especially when the focus is on Asian people and how we parent our children. Fact is, Asians are one of the last minority groups in this country to which it’s perfectly acceptable (and practically encouraged) to make broad and sweeping generalizations, no matter how outrageous the claims, and often with impunity.

Take for instance the recent brouhaha surrounding the case of the Eagle Dad who forced his son to run around in the snow wearing nothing but his underpants. The lamestream media took this as yet another opportunity to deride the parenting choices of all Chinese people. Take, for instance, this (Asian) reporter’s quote, “the video is reigniting debate here about how Chinese should parent their children after a controversial book about Tiger Mothers raised questions about Chinese parenting skills.”

First, fuck you. Second, please explain to me how one stupid father’s actions represent the parenting of all parents who happen to share the same race/ethnicity? Let’s imagine for a moment that the video showed a white father (or white mother) doing the same thing. I doubt that the entire population of white parents would be indicted for their parenting. Yet, one Asian father or one Asian mother does something stupid, and all Asian parents must shoulder the burden of the supreme idiocy of parents who happen to be Chinese.

If I have to hear one more stupid “news” reporter “report” on the so-called “controversies” about “Chinese parenting,” I will punch each and every one of those racist bastards in the face until they bleed. That is, only after I force each and every one of them to practice piano for three hours and run around in the snow wearing only their skivvies.

Stupid freakin’ idiots.