Mothers and Life Goals

Parents aspire for the best for their children, hoping that they will win awards, get the best grades, attend prestigious universities, and have a comfortable economic future. But do 'Chinese mothers' raise children that become the best members of society? In response to Amy Chua's article "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior", I would offer Barack Obama's comments at the memorial service in Tucson.

[...] in the fleeting time we have on this earth, what matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame — but rather, how well we have loved, and what small part we have played in bettering the lives of others.

I'm certain that 'Chinese mothers' can raise children that can do well by this criteria of what matters in life. Yet they certainly have still to be proven as the superior formula for achieving it.