What is your thought about "Battle hymn" of "Tiger mother" ?
By yiyun_h
@yiyun_h (183)
United States
January 15, 2011 11:22am CST
I personally intensely loathe such way of parenting. While her "battle" on her daughters is way too extreme (abuse, that's what it is), her mindset does represent Chinese traditional way of raising kids: push and push again until they do their best. It is true that many Chinese parents focus so much on their kids' success rather on fun part of life. However, many Chinese parents now are open-minded on this issue, getting much less strict to their kids.
There is nothing "superior" about this. I think Amy Chua is right on the border line of being accused as racist.
Questions:
Do you support or against her parenting method?
Does Amy Chua's "battle hymn" reminds you the Chinese parents you know?
What is the motive of Tiger mother you think? Is it really motivated for kids' good or for her own selfishness, such as the pleasure of controlling?
Do you believe that American parents should learn something from her, at least discipline kids a little more?
1 response
@uncorrectedvision (100)
• United States
15 Jan 11
American children used to be raised with greater expectations and discipline than they are now. You can ask my sons who frequently comment on how spoiled other children are. I am not Chinese and my parents were far to soft. I have always insisted that no matter what activities my sons undertook that they were to give their best. It is more fun to be good at something, much more fun than failing and quitting.
Though I never told my sons they were stupid or garbage I did tell them that C grades were unacceptable since they were more than able to achieve A's.
