Conclusion
It is cannot denied that Malaysia
is a multicultural society. We can see that there are differences parenting practices
of different culture such as Malay, Chinese, Indian, Sabah and Sarawak and
Aboriginal people.
In malays, they are emphasizing
love-oriented techniques when disciplining their children, giving encouragement
in their children’s studies and malay child is growing up emotionally secure
but also independent.
For Chinese, the parents bring
pressure and expectations high on their children as they focus significant
amounts of money upon their children when the children succeed in academics and
other areas.
Whereas for Indians, parents are
strict with children behavior when communicate with elder and whole family is
involved in rearing of children.
For Sabah and Sarawak, the family is
patriarchal family where the father made the decision for his family. Although
Sabah and Sarawak parents are not as strict as parents in urban country but
they will send their children to school at an early age especially for
aboriginal people that some of the parents are not able to discipline so they
send them to school to give their teacher to educate them.
Orang Asli parents are proud with
their beliefs and culture, so that they did not expect much on the children.
They teach their children to sustain their life without being dependent on
money.
In conclusion, although parents from
different culture have different styles to practice their children but they
have same motive to see their children success in their future. So, whatever
the parents decide for their children will give a great impact on their
children’s lives and behavior. No matter what is the our culture, we will love and take care of our children from being hurt.
