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"Good Daughter" Syndrome: Understanding the Pressure to Please in the Chinese Culture  
Healing, Personal Development, relationships, self love Patricia Petersen Healing, Personal Development, relationships, self love Patricia Petersen

"Good Daughter" Syndrome: Understanding the Pressure to Please in the Chinese Culture  

For daughters who grew up in a Chinese family, many were often taught that our role is to serve the male members in our family, that our needs don’t matter, and our purpose is to do what our fathers, grandfathers, and brothers tell us. Sounds familiar?

Know that when you feel like the pressure of being a good daughter is too much and you want to stop the behaviour, it does not make you a bad daughter.

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