Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior - WSJ.com
A good article to read.
Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior - WSJ.com
and a related post - Are U.S. Parents Too Soft?
A summary from the related post:
Ms. Chua says that being a “Chinese mother” doesn’t require being Chinese, but it does require ignoring most of what parenting has come to mean in upper-middle-class Western societies. Where Western parents obsess over a child’s self-esteem and couch criticism in only the most oblique and supportive terms, Chinese parents “assume strength, not fragility,” and thus deploy insults and pressure with abandon.
Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior - WSJ.com
and a related post - Are U.S. Parents Too Soft?
A summary from the related post:
Ms. Chua says that being a “Chinese mother” doesn’t require being Chinese, but it does require ignoring most of what parenting has come to mean in upper-middle-class Western societies. Where Western parents obsess over a child’s self-esteem and couch criticism in only the most oblique and supportive terms, Chinese parents “assume strength, not fragility,” and thus deploy insults and pressure with abandon.
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