Re: Re: Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior / WSJ Article

[Guest guest]

I posted the rebuttal article on Facebook, and a friend linked me to another

article on the same topic, that I think people might appreciate. Apparently

she backed off when her daughter " rebelled " at the age of 13.

http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2011/01/13/the-tiger-mother-responds-to-reader\

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Holly

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> I was happy to see the rebuttal reinforce my own qualms with that article.

> If a child equates the love of the parents and their own happiness with

> perfection and success, what happens when they make a mistake? I think the

> Amy Chau should see Black Swan and see how children who aren't allowed to

> develop any personal identity or character turn out. They become insane

> perfectionists and when they are faced with a failure or mistake (which they

> eventually are) they have no coping mechanisms.

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