![]() ![]() This parenting style may seem harsh to us, but it is also the way she was raised. Of course, in Chua’s case, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Because of what they did then, I get to do the work I love now.” And by restricting my choices as a child, they gave me so many choices in my life as an adult. “By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. “I see my upbringing as a great success story,” she says.Even losers are special in their own special way.” When her husband defended one of her daughters for not being skilled at the piano: “Oh, no, not this,” Chua shot back, adopting a mocking tone: “Everyone is special in their special own way.“To be perfectly honest, I know that a lot of Asian parents are secretly shocked and horrified by many aspects of Western parenting,” including “how much time Westerners allow their kids to waste - hours on Facebook and computer games - and in some ways, how poorly they prepare them for the future. ![]() Here are a few of Chua’s observations about parenting: The book is controversial but also provides some valuable insights from the East about the way we parent in the West.Īuthor Amy Chua is revered for instilling her daughters with ambition and self-confidence but reviled for doing it by creating an inflexible, no-holds-barred environment in which lack of effort from children can result in verbal humiliation. A recent article in Time talks about a new parenting book that has quickly risen to the top of the bestseller lists: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. ![]()
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