ABSTRACT
The past few decades have witnessed a multifold increase in empirical studies on parenting in families of Asian descent residing in Asia and the United States. The terms “Asian parenting” and “Asian American parenting” are now widely used in the literature as well as daily discourse, yet they remain nebulous due to the diverse parenting modes among the many groups subsumed under these umbrella terms. In this chapter, Asia is defined based on common usage as encompassing East Asia (Hong Kong, Japan, Macao, Mainland China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan), Southeast Asia (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam), and South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka), excluding Central Asia and Western Asia (typically referred to as the Middle East). Together these countries account for half of the world’s total population (Worldometers.info, 2017b).
