Parenting is like politics.
If you throw your opinion into the arena, you’re going to get bruised.
The blogging world has been in upheaval ever since the Wall Street Journal ran a little piece called “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior.” It’s an excerpt from a memoir by Amy Chua called "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother." Chua is a Yale law professor and mother of two daughters.
The article lays out how Chinese parents raise their kids in contrast to the loose Western style: They don’t attend sleepovers or watch TV, they practice instruments (only violin and piano) two or three hours a day, and they get straight A's because its an expectation.
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