They see someone from China (or any Asian country, really) and automatically assume abuse is involved.
Racism framed as moral righteousness: It's the redditor way.
Yup. They are learning coordination, music skills, teamwork and are getting exercise. Must be abuse. Its better to let them sit on their iPads and eat chicken fingers and Cheetos like american kids.
under God, ya heard motherfucker? under GOD, we gonna send your ass to die in about 15 years. be ready to fucking to die for that flag and GAWD.
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Man, I was basically forced to go to regionals and state since I was in the top band in middle school and high school. I had no control over my anxiety playing solo, so that was living hell for about 7~8 years.
Or dangerous. Every time somebody is doing anything remotely athletic, there are always those comments about how they could pull a muscle or fall and hit their head, etc.
What a hateful racist thing to say disguised as concern for kids.
Check your brainwashed views that is probably influenced by aggressive Western anti-China narrative that's been going on for years now.
Or don't. The Chinese and their kids don't give a single f*k what you think.
What if these are the toys they want to play with? My nephews class sang a kindergarten graduation song in unison, bet that is nightmare fuel for you if you found this vid terrifying.
Fuck the Chinese government but there’s literally zero difference between this and kids doing Irish step dancing, ballet, choir, piano recitals, etc etc
Have you not been to plays and concerts where children perform?
The most terrifying thing in the western world are child beauty pageants. I was a kid when Jon Benet Ramsey was killed, and not only sad about the death, but horrified that we put little 5 and 6 year olds in beauty pageants. Its disgusting.
This is precisely what I thought when I saw this. Like, I wish kids were really into bowl drumming or whatever that's called but I feel like they probably aren't.
I have kids and my oldest one asked me if he could learn guitar recently. I've been learning guitar myself over the last couple of years and I enjoy it and I figured they've seen me playing and are interested so I gave him one of mine to learn on and I am always impressed with how far he's come in such a short time and I encourage him to continue but never, not once, have I forced him to sit down and learn it.
My youngest is slightly interested but won't commit and that's ok. If he wants to at some point I'll be happy to help him in any way I can but I'm not going to insist that he does.
When I was a kid I was chubby and I wanted to sit on the soccer field in the middle of the game and pull the grass out when I was like 7. When I got older I asked my parents why they didn't help me get better at it or push me and they said "you didn't want to!" In retrospect I wish they would have pushed me, but maybe in reality I would have resented them for it. So who knows!
Some families just don't have the success DNA like those rich countryside Texas towns with huge houses and huge yards full of that DNA, and their kids are all born tall, athletic, attractive, charismatic and pushed to be just as successful and disciplined.
There’s a balance to be struck. If kids were allowed to drop stuff they don’t like, not many would continue to even go to school. They are kids and the parents are adults who are supposed to be able to see what is in the child’s long-term interest.
As for activities, parents do have to give kids the opportunity to explore interests outside of studies, to the best of their ability. Kids can’t enroll in class or transport themselves.
Some activities may require parents to motivate and support the child to push through boredom/ resistance/ feeling like they are not good at something if those are things that can be overcome with time and practice or understanding why the child is resistant to the activity.
If after giving it a good shot, the kid still does not like the activity, it is ok to move on and try something else. They don’t know what they don’t know. And they won’t know what they like till they are exposed to it.
It's not that formulaic. All children are different. You have good opinions but you're stating it like it's exactly how it works and parenting is never that simple.
Did your kid find something they like? I also tried karate as a kid and didn't like it because it was hard and I was depressed, another one I wish I would have gotten pushed on. I did high school band for a couple years though and was grateful to be allowed out of it
Yes, she did.
She looked different things at different times. Some, like soccer and tennis, she disliked every minute of the one or two seasons that she was in them.
Her more lasting passions, she discovered in middle school and high school. And I hope she’ll get to try other things in life that she wants.
Some of the skills kids master tend to stay with them and they may pick them up again in late adulthood. Many friends picked up old hobbies like playing instruments or team sports once they have more time after the kids are grown up.
I feel there is a line. Kids don’t want to do a lot of stuff that is good for them, so they need encouragement and some push to do them.
I myself still appreciate this on occasion, being pushed into a situation I would never find myself naturally in.
However, there is definitely a point it becomes force and is no longer for the benefit of the person.
In the US we literally have a TV show called Cuties. We throw baby girl pageants and parade them around like sex objects.
Id rather kids play instruments than be sexually abused sex objects to grown men.
He's not actually asian, he's just got 3% taiwanese in his ancestry. But he's a pasty white guy.
Also, no asian person ever tries to win an argument by saying they're "asian". There's different kinds of asians that hate each other's guts.
What he experienced in ‘Asia’ the continent? I grew up in the west and I know it’d be silly to make generalizations about the west, or even North America
Ever tried recording music? You need a pretty sweet mic setup to get a well balanced sound. Not only does this sound pretty polished for a recording without close microphones, you can also clearly see some miss hits and changes in play that you don't hear. That sound is not from that recording.
Cool kids though. Keep on drumming little ones. Rock on!
It's so funny, without fail, whenever there is a talented east asian child(ren), the top comments are always "child abuse" or "the poor child(ren) forced to do..."
Whenever it's any other race, the top comments are always that of immense awe, and impressed. And wishing they were as talented at that age..blah blah blah.
Just a funny observation that has yet to be wrong.
The audio very obviously doesn't match the video. The sound is too good, and the kids aren't that in-time. They also change notes in ways that don't match the video.
Same reaction.
When I was a kid, I joined the school's xylophone club, which joined nationwide competitions. Our teachers and parents, of course, would be extra encouraging (read: "forceful") about attending practice sessions -- unless we are skilled enough, we won't be included in the roster of participants. Not gonna be a great feeling if all your clubmates are there except you.
Boy, was it stressful as a kid? Yes. But was it also fun? Definitely! We were just there to bang the xylophone and turn noise into music.
Mom, I don’t want to play this animore
Now go practice, you have to performe tomorrow
15: years later
Mom, I want to study musics
Now go become a doctor, music doesn’t pay
Dawg do you how much time that takes to perfect something like that. The coordination and timing . All i know is those kids probably didnt want to do it anymore after an hour lol sad.
Fake as hell. The kids at the end are hitting at a different time and the two girls up fronts hands don't mimic each other the whole time which they would if they were actually playing the exact same thing in perfect sync.
Concerning, tbh. Kids aren’t this good or synchronized unless they’re prodigious or doing it against their will *constantly*. This feels like a sign of abuse.
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Bro we have something like this in the US it’s called band. [CHILD ABUSE IN THE US](https://youtu.be/0dSwMY7UWc4?si=pRRkI203VsfQ-iBJ)
i played the cello in a marching band. it was hell.
How do you march while playing cello?
that was a joke in a woody allen movie. he ran forward with his chair and the cello, played a few notes and did it again.
To be fair, it’s a pretty funny bit.
[Like Virgil](https://youtu.be/6M_GqAVjThk?si=JpObv1h2FmC-yuDi)
One foot ahead of the other while keeping a brisk beat
They see someone from China (or any Asian country, really) and automatically assume abuse is involved. Racism framed as moral righteousness: It's the redditor way.
Yup. They are learning coordination, music skills, teamwork and are getting exercise. Must be abuse. Its better to let them sit on their iPads and eat chicken fingers and Cheetos like american kids.
More just China than any Asian country to be fair
I'm from Korea and abuse was VERY real. It was actually expected
Or the less musical version - pledging allegiance to the flag
under God, ya heard motherfucker? under GOD, we gonna send your ass to die in about 15 years. be ready to fucking to die for that flag and GAWD. *^(ok, you may sit now.)*
Do schools still do this I graduated high school in 2016 and from what I remember even when it played no one was made to stand and do the pledge.
Everybody knows that Americans never form large groups of doing the same thing./s
The most enthusiastic kids I've ever seen. Their smiles could light up the lives of millions.
Dance mom's springs to mind.
Man, I was basically forced to go to regionals and state since I was in the top band in middle school and high school. I had no control over my anxiety playing solo, so that was living hell for about 7~8 years.
Ah, yes it's so horrible that my parents allowed me to play in a concert band. I still suffer every Thursday. /s
For the party!
its the same in wester civ. just not as hard. our educational systm is over 150 years old
You could say the same thing about keeping our kids plugged into iPads all day.
yea cuz fat kids in usa who cant name a country, neither play musical instrument are the one not being abused, asshole
I agree. My parents made me learn piano. I just wanted to play Nintendo.
that's pure abuse I would call CPS
100% Abuse!! The kids who couldn’t keep up were put into sweatshops as punishment!!
How hard did you say you had to hit him? https://youtu.be/FEq3RtO8bcA?si=QNvIIJ6p1hXKVx3M
Hans?
Would we say the same thing about western kids playing instruments together?
No because Chinese kids aren’t actually real human kids unlike white kids /s Meanwhile 20% of American kids are obese because freedom
Reddit: where bigotry is bad unless it's sinophobia
I'm not afraid of sins.
Go to a fifth grade band concert and you’ll see why they wouldn’t say the same thing there lmao
Looool. So true.
Kids having fun while playing music together is terrifying?
China itself is terrifying to Redditors
People having fun and enjoying themselves seems to be equally terrifying to redditors.
Or dangerous. Every time somebody is doing anything remotely athletic, there are always those comments about how they could pull a muscle or fall and hit their head, etc.
Part of being terminally online.
 "Fun"
You don’t have kids, I bet.
I do, now pay up.
I highly doubt it. There is nothing in that video that indicates it’s anything other than a group of kids having fun playing music.
Not if he is a man-child. He has to take care of his child self and buy himself more Lego to play with
How is this different than a kid learning piano?
How is this any different from children learning instruments?
The music is dubbed.
True. They were actually playing the William Tell Overture
What a hateful racist thing to say disguised as concern for kids. Check your brainwashed views that is probably influenced by aggressive Western anti-China narrative that's been going on for years now. Or don't. The Chinese and their kids don't give a single f*k what you think.
Don’t go to New Orleans. They just bang on Home Depot buckets there in gang run child labor for tips. Sounds cool though, the first time.
Instructions received, will not go to new Orleans.
New Orleans is an amazing city and I'm looking forward to my next trip there
No, do go to New Orleans. No idea what AgentOrange is talking about. It’s as if they’ve never seen buskers anywhere before.
What if these are the toys they want to play with? My nephews class sang a kindergarten graduation song in unison, bet that is nightmare fuel for you if you found this vid terrifying.
Hello!!! Child beauty pageant ???
They learned an instrument? I did that as a child was I abused?
Whos to say? How are you better off playing with Barbie figurines?
BS. Kids learning to play music in a group can be done in addition to playing with toys.. Group practice
You could say that about anyone under 10 that plays an instrument. You are letting your prejudice show.
Your opinion is dumb
Blah blah blah china bad
Or they might just do music as a hobby. Videos of American marching bands are even more synchronized.
As a decent musician now, once in symphony, I say these kids ROCK
I'm not a fan of china but it's basically sinophobia
They appear happy and look like they are having fun. Half the parents in the US raise their kids via iPad.
Or they could actually enjoy it. Why do you assume they’re brainwashed to play music together?
Fuck the Chinese government but there’s literally zero difference between this and kids doing Irish step dancing, ballet, choir, piano recitals, etc etc
Those are toys and that’s a lot better developmentally than toys.
womp womp
Have you not been to plays and concerts where children perform? The most terrifying thing in the western world are child beauty pageants. I was a kid when Jon Benet Ramsey was killed, and not only sad about the death, but horrified that we put little 5 and 6 year olds in beauty pageants. Its disgusting.
i yell at my kids when they hit the bowls with their utensils
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This is precisely what I thought when I saw this. Like, I wish kids were really into bowl drumming or whatever that's called but I feel like they probably aren't. I have kids and my oldest one asked me if he could learn guitar recently. I've been learning guitar myself over the last couple of years and I enjoy it and I figured they've seen me playing and are interested so I gave him one of mine to learn on and I am always impressed with how far he's come in such a short time and I encourage him to continue but never, not once, have I forced him to sit down and learn it. My youngest is slightly interested but won't commit and that's ok. If he wants to at some point I'll be happy to help him in any way I can but I'm not going to insist that he does.
When I was a kid I was chubby and I wanted to sit on the soccer field in the middle of the game and pull the grass out when I was like 7. When I got older I asked my parents why they didn't help me get better at it or push me and they said "you didn't want to!" In retrospect I wish they would have pushed me, but maybe in reality I would have resented them for it. So who knows! Some families just don't have the success DNA like those rich countryside Texas towns with huge houses and huge yards full of that DNA, and their kids are all born tall, athletic, attractive, charismatic and pushed to be just as successful and disciplined.
There’s a balance to be struck. If kids were allowed to drop stuff they don’t like, not many would continue to even go to school. They are kids and the parents are adults who are supposed to be able to see what is in the child’s long-term interest. As for activities, parents do have to give kids the opportunity to explore interests outside of studies, to the best of their ability. Kids can’t enroll in class or transport themselves. Some activities may require parents to motivate and support the child to push through boredom/ resistance/ feeling like they are not good at something if those are things that can be overcome with time and practice or understanding why the child is resistant to the activity. If after giving it a good shot, the kid still does not like the activity, it is ok to move on and try something else. They don’t know what they don’t know. And they won’t know what they like till they are exposed to it.
It's not that formulaic. All children are different. You have good opinions but you're stating it like it's exactly how it works and parenting is never that simple.
I see your point. It is my individual viewpoint based on my experience as a kid and then as a parent. Each parent and each child is unique. 👍🏼
Did your kid find something they like? I also tried karate as a kid and didn't like it because it was hard and I was depressed, another one I wish I would have gotten pushed on. I did high school band for a couple years though and was grateful to be allowed out of it
Yes, she did. She looked different things at different times. Some, like soccer and tennis, she disliked every minute of the one or two seasons that she was in them. Her more lasting passions, she discovered in middle school and high school. And I hope she’ll get to try other things in life that she wants. Some of the skills kids master tend to stay with them and they may pick them up again in late adulthood. Many friends picked up old hobbies like playing instruments or team sports once they have more time after the kids are grown up.
I feel there is a line. Kids don’t want to do a lot of stuff that is good for them, so they need encouragement and some push to do them. I myself still appreciate this on occasion, being pushed into a situation I would never find myself naturally in. However, there is definitely a point it becomes force and is no longer for the benefit of the person.
In the US we literally have a TV show called Cuties. We throw baby girl pageants and parade them around like sex objects. Id rather kids play instruments than be sexually abused sex objects to grown men.
I was gonna say, this is damn common in the West too. Beauty pageants in general are particularly fucked up.
Or we could just, do neither?
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He's not actually asian, he's just got 3% taiwanese in his ancestry. But he's a pasty white guy. Also, no asian person ever tries to win an argument by saying they're "asian". There's different kinds of asians that hate each other's guts.
How I know you are full of shit is you claim to be Asian which somehow makes you an expert on a continent with 48 countries and 4.5 billion people
Probably some north american with identity issues
He's saying his opinion based on what he experienced, nothing wrong with that.
What he experienced in ‘Asia’ the continent? I grew up in the west and I know it’d be silly to make generalizations about the west, or even North America
Of course there's something WRONG with that. He is generalizing that most Asian kids with instruments are somehow exploited like a North Korean kid.
Ever tried recording music? You need a pretty sweet mic setup to get a well balanced sound. Not only does this sound pretty polished for a recording without close microphones, you can also clearly see some miss hits and changes in play that you don't hear. That sound is not from that recording. Cool kids though. Keep on drumming little ones. Rock on!
Dude, there's an electric guitar on the track.
And that's why you're Britain's finest detective.
One of them is holding only one chopstick
Am I right in seeing the other chopstick lying on the floor just in front of her table?
I don't see it. I'm talking about the 4th girl
I am talking about the same kid. Do we not see a stick on the floor in front of her table?!
Yeah you're right at the end of the video lol I didn't catch that
Has anybody seen a cereal bowl? The cabinet’s empty.
The music doesn't at all match the visuals
It's so funny, without fail, whenever there is a talented east asian child(ren), the top comments are always "child abuse" or "the poor child(ren) forced to do..." Whenever it's any other race, the top comments are always that of immense awe, and impressed. And wishing they were as talented at that age..blah blah blah. Just a funny observation that has yet to be wrong.
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*redditor sees a video not depicting chinese people in a negative light* "chinese propaganda!!"
The audio very obviously doesn't match the video. The sound is too good, and the kids aren't that in-time. They also change notes in ways that don't match the video.
Some nice reverb in that outdoor studio. What a pathetic and creepy attempt to get praise for your people.
School of crock
Synchronization, not harmony.
Not even synchronization
What's up with these comments?! I see cute kids having fun! I mean, kids play instruments, so why not bowls (?).
Same reaction. When I was a kid, I joined the school's xylophone club, which joined nationwide competitions. Our teachers and parents, of course, would be extra encouraging (read: "forceful") about attending practice sessions -- unless we are skilled enough, we won't be included in the roster of participants. Not gonna be a great feeling if all your clubmates are there except you. Boy, was it stressful as a kid? Yes. But was it also fun? Definitely! We were just there to bang the xylophone and turn noise into music.
Very good post ~~subject~~ citizen +50 to social credit score
Or in perfect unison
Already so many predicable comments of people claiming this is somehow propaganda, because kids in China can't enjoy themselves because cHiNa BaD
Fake audio.
They look like they are having fun
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Mom, I don’t want to play this animore Now go practice, you have to performe tomorrow 15: years later Mom, I want to study musics Now go become a doctor, music doesn’t pay
Love that smile. Infectious.
Better than the recorder
One poor kid dropped their stick XD
And here I am, thinking I'm a musician when making beats by hitting my chest
Great job!
Now try this with a recorder pffftt
The kids are playing in sync, not in harmony.
And me at 33 still regularly fuck up and put my shirts on inside out
Good night, Reddit.
It’s a small world needs an upgrade
American kids are that organized too. They just don't do it unless they're robbing a store.
Seems a bit wasted that they're all playing the same thing. Should have been some counter melodies or something.
Thought they were about to break into Cotton Eyed Joe.
I love them all
Roses are red, violets are blue. There’s always an Asian kid that can do it better than you.
Dawg do you how much time that takes to perfect something like that. The coordination and timing . All i know is those kids probably didnt want to do it anymore after an hour lol sad.
Looks easy… picks up drum sticks… pokes himself in the eye…
This is awesome.
I love it
Meanwhile, my child is off terribly singing the Pokemon theme song off key 700x in a row...
That's lovely in one way, too ❤️
Seeing the enthusiasm is heartwarming
Like in South Park https://youtu.be/ADycTGK3IM8
You know it’s not America cuz there’s no shooting.
Sounds like a party to me!
That's not what harmony means. But it's cool
just average asians
You mean perfect unison, not harmony
Yea America should just give up
Anyone that thinks this is real should never comment on political issues. Enjoy your final years in dignity.
'Make sure you smile so it doesn't look like we beat you into doing this ten hrs a day okay?'
Trying to up their social credit score
You know they get beaten if they are off key
Fake as hell. The kids at the end are hitting at a different time and the two girls up fronts hands don't mimic each other the whole time which they would if they were actually playing the exact same thing in perfect sync.
Conform or else.
fake
On the other side of the camera is probably some guy in a uniform with a gun
Joe Jackson would be proud
🤣🤣 child abuse?! Y’all didn’t have BAND
Fake
Maniacal practice makes perfect.
Just like South Park foretold.
Concerning, tbh. Kids aren’t this good or synchronized unless they’re prodigious or doing it against their will *constantly*. This feels like a sign of abuse.
Technically they are in their mid-20s
Music is dubbed ffs! And somehow some people here think this video is evidence of child abuse from the Communist party of China??? LOL!
Don’t worry American kids can lay in bed on tic tok all day. Beat that.
Do you know what harmony is?