In this report, I compared and contrasted two articles with the interviews of two parents and two teachers. The articles used in my research were Cultural Divide over Parental Divide by Yilu Zhao and When Cultures Clash in the Classroom by Veeko Lucas. In the article by Zhao, he talks about how corporal punishment is common within the traditional Chinese culture, however using those displays of disciplinary action in the American culture are opposed. He also mentions how parents are threatened with the removal of their children and criminal charges if they decide to use physical punishment to discipline them. In the end, he provides information on organizations who offer family counseling and alternative practices for raising children. In the