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No playdates
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Tiger Mother's parenting equals : traditional Chinese+ immigrant striving+type A-drive+Ivy League elitism
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No sleepovers
Strong aversion to hard-driving “Tiger” parenting
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 Toby Young: A strict upbringing might actually bring more self esteem.(Guardian) Sophia:
They assume Lulu and I are oppressed by our evil mother. That is so not true.
Reader: Spare the rod, spoil the child
The West should also accept that their way in doing things may be good for them, but they cannot apply it worldwide. (China Daily website)
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 I am sure this was because their creativity had been systematically destroyed and in its place, a survival pragmatism installed.(Guardian) Huang Hung:
Young Chinese mothers in Beijing and Shanghai are embracing more enlightened Western ideas. (Daily Beast)
Reader: Character building is important
Tiger moms and dads should raise their kids to be well-adjusted, responsible members of society, not little emperors. (China Daily website)
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More and more parents are buying houses in areas close to "the best schools" as they go to extreme lengths to ensure their children are in a prime position for success in education, according to a research by the University of Sydney. The belief (Anglo-Australians hold) that "bright children will do well at any school" has been replaced with intense efforts to put one's own children into selective schools,, said a report by the Sydney Morning Herald. |
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 Pupils as young as four are being administered up to six years worth of preparation for their secondary school entrance tests as competition for grammar schools – state-funded secondary schools – has become ever fiercer. A study suggested nearly half of the families paid private tutors to prepare their children for the tests and another 30 percent coached them at home, according to a report by the Telegraph. |
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In a 2009 report, the National Association for College Admission Counseling estimated the private test preparation market in the market is worth as much as $ 4 billion. The market is growing rapidly and is expected to expand further. |
After a decade's "liberalization" - i.e. reducing homework and class schedule for students - in primary education, Japanese parents are more and more worried about their children's declining academic performance and the Japanese government is reconsidering this strategy. |
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 America's fear of decline Chua plays into America's fear of national decline. Here's a Chinese parent working really hard (and, by the way, there are a billion more of her) and her kids are going to crush ours. Furthermore, she is not really rebelling against American-style parenting; she is the logical extension of the prevailing elite practices. She does everything over-pressuring upper-middle-class parents are doing. She’s just hard core.(David Brooks) |
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