Much has been written about the efficacies of training parents to treat their own children by behavioral methods but little has been said about parents themselves and their difficulties in being trained as behavior therapists. Various problems that we have encountered in training Chinese parents are discussed in this paper. Problems associated with socioeconomic background, traditional pattern of family structure and interaction, the accustomed mode of child rearing practices, the ingrained outlook on childhood problems, as well as the dependency attitude towards doctors are discussed along side with the cultural and attitudinal backgrounds of Chinese parents in Hong Kong. Salient sociocultural factors contributing to the difficulties are highlighted, and awareness of the ethnocentric bias involved in importing treatment modalities from one culture to another are stressed.