3 Ways to Deal with Asian Parents Who Are Always Comparing You to Others

Cristine Zen
3 min readSep 25, 2023

I’ve endured countless tales about Uncle Peter’s son, the math genius who is now the CTO of a gaming company, and Auntie Helen’s daughter who quit everything to care for her grandparents — the definition of filial piety.

The undertone of these stories is a passive-aggressive “Why aren’t you like them?”

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Cristine Zen

Growth Writer | M.A. in Psychology. Growth through Psychology, Fitness, and Exploration.