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How
To Be the Perfect Asian American Parent?
By
Gene Yee, Ph.D.
Associate Editorial Director, New York
While
we are all involved in helping to combat stereotypes of Asian people
in the media and in our society, we also need to be able to laugh
at ourselves.
Email us your jokes, send them to Jokes@AsianConnections.com
- Be a little
more lenient on the 7:00pm curfew.
- Don't ask
where the other point went when your child comes home with 99
grade on his/her report card.
- Don't "ai-yah"
loudly at your kid's dress habits.
- Don't blatantly
hint about the merits of Habad (Harvard), Yeil (Yale), Purinsiton
(Princeton), or Stamfud (Stanford).
- Don't reveal
all the intimate details of your kid's life to the entire Asian
community.
- Don't ask
your child, "What are you going to do with your life?" If he/she
majors in a non-science field.
- Don't give
your son a bowl haircut or your daughter two acres of bangs.
- Don't try
to set your kid up on a date in anticipation of their poor taste
or inept social skills.
- Incorporate
other phrases besides, "Did you study yet?" or "When are you getting
married?" into your daily conversations with your children.
- Don't ask
all your kid's friends over the age of 21 if they have a boy/girlfriend
yet.
(Yes,
Ph.D. in life sciences; yes, I studied kung-fu; and no, my lips
do match my dialog.)
AsianConnections
thanks Gene Yee, Ph.D., for his jokes.
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How To Be the Perfect Asian American Parent?
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