Parents Who Push their Children in relation to Amy Tan's "Two Kinds"

Amy Tan's "Two Kinds" is a story about a mother who is pressing her daughter to become a prodigy. In the story the mother forces her daughter to try everything from becoming a Chinese Shirley Temple to trying to stand on her head without using her hands. After watching the Ed Sullivan Show, the mother decides the daughter is going to learn to play the piano. The mother sets up lessons with Mr. Chong a …showed first 75 words of 700 total…

…showed last 75 words of 700 total…or thing the world has to offer and let their kid decide what they want to do with their life. Although parents always want what is best for their kids, pushing them to be something their not is not the best thing for them. There is a better chance that the kid will not end up doing that thing later on in life if it is forced upon them by their parents all through childhood.