The question most new parents, even future parents, ask themselves is: will they raise successful children? Even if the day of birth or even the last day of high school comes to mind, parents are always worried about whether they are raising their children in a positive way or whether they are just doing it completely wrong. Just as there is variety in cultures, there is also variety in parenting styles. Two articles briefly describing two different parenting styles: Wall Street Journal author "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior" Amy Chua and author and educator Rick Ackerly of "'Superior Parenting?' This is crazy talk. Children only need 3 things." But is there really one method that is superior to the others? In “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” Amy Chua describes the differences between Chinese and Western mothers. Chua explains how Western parents worry more about how their children will feel if the parent says the wrong thing, and in contrast Chinese parents think their children should be strong enough to endure anything shameful their parents might say . Secondly, he states: “Chinese parents believe that their children owe them everything” (para. 15), and that the child should always obey and try to make their parents proud because this is their only responsibility. Third, he says that Chinese parents think they know what is best for their children and that is why they have to decide everything for their children. According to Chua, Chinese parents believe they don't have to consider what the child's wishes and preferences might be. Rick Ackerly argues that Amy Chua is wrong and that "no mother that I [he] have known would claim that their parenting style is superior" (para. 4). According to Ackerly, children only need three things from their parents... half the paper... useless 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 is actually a way to be superior and always raise successful children. In my opinion, parents need to have a mixture of authority and trust in the child as a decision maker. First, the parent should let the child decide about any extracurricular activities, but make sure the child sticks to them without giving up. Subsequently, the parent should give freedom to the children as long as their education comes before everything else. No parent is superior to another; all they need is love and trust that their children will do everything that makes them happy when they are older, and all parents can have the power to raise successful children.