Originally Posted by Beckee
Family expectations do play a big role. In many Asian families, getting good grades and good exam scores are almost the only way to be a good kid. Teenaged girls aren't even given household chores or allowed to get jobs because it would take time away from their studies. Besides, they will learn to do housework the way their mother-in-law wants it done some day.

I'm with Beckee on this one. It's a Chinese old-time culture thing.