Is there a deep down reason why they complain about our children not knowing enough Chinese? Even when they themselves know some English, it seems that they still feel quite special when their grand kids respond in accented Chinese, or when they receive cards written in jagged Chinese characters. Perhaps deep down, they yearn for that respect they feel they deserve as the ethnic ancestors to their descendents, as the ones who are important enough to pass down what once belong to them to the next generations to come.