The case study of how one Chinese-American family enhances the school success of their children is presented. The study is part of a 5-year project on how families from different ethnic backgrounds promote academic achievement. Information has been collected on nine Chinese-American families, but only one is the focus of this report. Information on the family was gathered through a background questionnaire, open-ended interviews, and observation of parent-child interactions. The working class immigrant Chinese-American subject family has only one child, and has managed to socialize their first-grade son to be sociable, talkative, and curious, as well as compliant, attentive, and polite. The ways the family has accomplished this, while exposing the child to a Chinese environment and an English-speaking environment, are explored. Hypotheses generated from the analysis of data from this family and the other families will eventually be tested with a larger Chinese-American population. (Contains 31 references.) (SLD)