Data Challenges ‘Tiger Mom’ Parenting Methods
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/05/data-challenges-tiger-mom-parenting-methods/
When Amy Chua sounded her battle cry in 2011, first with the Wall Street Journal article “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior,” followed closely by her tongue-in-cheek parenting memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, the advocate of heavy-handed child-rearing met criticism for both encouraging draconian parenting and for reinforcing stereotypes. Slate reports on a recently published study by University of Texas professor Su Yeong Kim, whose research suggests that the methods used by “tiger moms” and “wolf dads” may not promote success in their children:
In March, she published her results; they will no doubt surprise Chua and her admirers. Children of parents whom Kim classified as “tiger” had lower academic achievement and attainment—and greater psychological maladjustment—and family alienation, than the kids of parents characterized as “supportive” or “easygoing.”
And a reprint, since we are talking of education:
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/12/what-americans-keep-ignoring-about-finlands-school-success/250564/
What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success
By Anu Partanen
Dec 29 2011, 3:00 PM ET
The Scandinavian country is an education superpower because it values equality more than excellence...
Hmmmm......
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