ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews research and to identify progress as well as gaps in understanding of Asian and Asian American parenting. It describes specific cultural orientations and core values in Asian cultures, because they are embodied in the structure of the Asian family and facilitate the performance of role obligations by family members, thus providing a context for understanding parents’ goals, attitudes, expectations, and practices. The chapter focuses on the centrality and structure of the family in Asian cultures, explains the role obligations of parents and children of each sex that underlie parenting and family dynamics. It also focuses on Asian parenting in regards to children’s achievement and socioemotional development. Asian parenting have been examined mainly in terms of parents’ autonomy-oriented versus relatedness-oriented practices during interactions with their young children, parent-child discourse on young children’s past experiences, and parental emotion socialization. Studies examining specific forms of home-based involvement have also found positive links with children’s achievement.
