Kieu Tran's Abuse Of Children

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Kieu Tran’s emotional tone creates a sad truth about child abuse from Asian parents with phrases like “Physical punishment does not work in America, but it does in Vietnam.” and “There is no question of hatred between parents and children. Children never talk back because of the strict punishment.” In this essay it is hard to see what type of message the author is trying to get across. Sometimes he is supporting the abuse of children from their parents and other times he is giving examples of why it is a negative approach to punish your children. He also says that the American approach to punishment, not physically, is destroying Vietnamese households. Well if this is the case then why come to America if you can not follow its laws. Your parents