The question most new parents ask themselves, even expectant parents, is: will they raise successful children? Even if we think about the day of birth or even the last day of high school, parents always wonder if they are raising their children successfully or if they are completely wrong. Just as there are a variety of cultures, there are a variety of parenting styles. Two articles briefly describe two different parenting styles: The Wall Street Journal's "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior" author Amy Chua and author and educator Rick Ackerly's "'Superior Parenting?' It's Crazy Talk. Children only need 3 things.” But is there really one method superior to the others? In “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” Amy Chua describes the differences between Chinese and Western mothers. Chua explains that Western parents worry more about how their children will feel if the parent says the wrong thing, and on the contrary, Chinese parents think that their child should be strong enough to accept any shameful thing. what their parent might say. Second, she says, “Chinese parents believe that their children owe them everything” (paragraph 15) and that the child should always obey and try to make their parents proud, because that is their only responsibility. Third, she states that Chinese parents think that they know what is best for their children and that is why they should decide everything for their children. According to Chua, Chinese parents believe that they do not have to take into account the child's desires and preferences. Rick Ackerly says Amy Chua is wrong and that "no mother I've ever known would claim their parenting style is superior." (paragraph 4). According to Ackerly, children only need three things from their parents... middle of paper... successful children need to have things that are contrary to each other. Chua believes in the authority figure, while Ackerly believes in leniency and simple feedback. Even though these two articles approach parenting in two different ways, I wonder if there really is a way to be superior and still raise successful children. In my opinion, parents should have a mixture of authority and trust in the child as a decision maker. First of all, the parent must let the child decide on any extracurricular activity, but force him to stick to it without giving up. Then, the parent must give freedom to their children on the condition that their education comes before everything else. No parent is superior to another; all they need is love and trust that their child will do whatever makes them happy when they are older, and all parents can have the power to raise successful children..