Here are the statistics that may help current and future parents of all racial and ethnic groups rethink parenting.
Some of Amy Chua’s critics claimed that her “old world” style of parenting would lead to mental illness for her daughters and explaines the high suicide rate among Asians/Chinese (which isn’t true).
Before accusing Chua, those critics should have done some research.
According to Child Trends Databank, among males, suicide rates in 2003 (in America) were highest among the following:
Native American (24.7 per 100,000)
Non-Hispanic whites (13.3 per 100,000) – CAUCASIANS (about twice that of Asian-American children)
Hispanics at 9.2 per 100,000
Asians at 6.7 per 100,000
Blacks at 6.6 per 100,000
Among females:
Native Americans had the highest rate of suicide at 9.0 per 100,000
Non-Hispanic whites at 3.0 per 100,000 – CAUCASIANS
Asians at 2.5 per 100,000
Blacks at 0.9 per 100,000
Source: Teen Help.com
Continued on April 30, 1011 in Recognizing Good Parenting – Part 6 or return to Part 4
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Lloyd Lofthouse is the award-winning author of the concubine saga, My Splendid Concubine & Our Hart. When you love a Chinese woman, you marry her family and culture too.
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This post first appeared on March 23, 2011, at Crazy Normal, a blog about education, parenting and coming of age.
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