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- A lot of parents today are terrified that something they say to their children might make them 'feel bad.' But, hey, if they've done something…
- I do think that maybe, even subconsciously, a lot of parents in the West are wondering, have we gone too far in the direction of…
- Don't assume your child is weak. If you, the parent, assume that they can't take anymore, what kind of signal are you sending them?
- To be honest, I know that a lot of Asian parents are secretly shocked and horrified by many aspects of Western parenting.
- I was raised, myself, by extremely strict but also extremely loving Chinese immigrant parents. To this day, I believe that their having high expectations for…
- I think if you're a 'tiger parent' early on, you don't need to be a 'helicopter parent' in high school.
- I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as a child, they…
- When I was little, my parents really only wanted me to be a scientist or a doctor; they had never even heard of law school.…
- For my senior prom, my father finally said I could go - as long as I was home by 9 P.M.! That was around the…
- I once won a second prize in a history concert. My parents came to the ceremony. Somebody else had won the prize for best all-around…
- Some parents let their kids sleep at other people's houses, where they drink alcohol, watch TV for hours and God knows what else. But if…
- The Chinese model calls for giving your kids very little choice - and I've come to see that you can go too far with that.…
- Westerners often laud their children as 'talented' or 'gifted', while Asian parents highlight the importance of hard work. And in fact, research performed by Stanford…
- When I'm not the Tiger Mom, I'm a professor at Yale Law School, and if one thing is clear to me from years of teaching,…
- I am definitely a Type A personality, always rushing around, trying to do too much, not good at just lying on the beach. But I'm…
- I kind of - I like my life; I feel I have lots of opportunities. And my parents actually having had such high expectations for…
- My goal as a parent is to prepare you for the future, not to make you like me.
- There are all these new books out there portraying Asian mothers as scheming, callous, overdriven people indifferent to their kids' true interests. For their part,…
- Parenting cannot just be one size fits all.
- I think the biggest difference is that I've noticed Western parents seem much more concerned about their children's psyches, their self-esteem, whereas tough immigrant parents…
- What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you're good at it. pg 29
- All decent parents want to do what's best for their children. The Chinese just have a totally different idea of how to do that.
- Unlike Western parents, reminding my child of Lord Voldemort didn't bother me.
- The fact is that Chinese parents can do things that would seem unimaginable-even legally actionable-to Westerners. Chinese mothers can say to their daughters, "Hey fatty-lose…
- Western parents worry a lot about their children's self-esteem. But as a parent, one of the worst things you can do for your child's self-esteem…
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