Why American Mothers are Superior
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Why American Mothers are Superior
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#2It reads like we're having a child-off between exceptionally gifted Chinese children, and exceptionally gifted American children. What about normal children?
I'd love to see these anecdotes turned into evidence.
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#3I'm convinced the original article by the Chinese mother was some kind of satire. I simply can't believe a reasonably intelligent person (a Yale prof!) can write that with a straight face-- the bit about not letting kids participate in school plays takes the cake.
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#4Also worth reading is The Last Psychiatrist's response to the Chinese mothers article: http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2011/01/why_chinese_mothers_a...
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#5I'm convinced the original article by the Chinese mother was some kind of satire. I simply can't believe a reasonably intelligent person (a Yale prof!) can write that with a straight face-- the bit about not letting kids participate in school plays takes the cake.
Three things to note:
o Amy Chua did not come up with the Title of the WSJ article.
o The WSJ went out of their way to string the most controversial elements.
Think of it as LinkBaiting.. They certainly got a lot of attention.
o The actual book is much more nuanced, and, to some degree,
comes to different conclusions than the article about the true
nature of parenthood.
See Jeff Yang's Great Review of the "True Story" behind the "Chinese Mother" essay at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/01/13/...
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#6I'm convinced the original article by the Chinese mother was some kind of satire. I simply can't believe a reasonably intelligent person (a Yale prof!) can write that with a straight face-- the bit about not letting kids participate in school plays takes the cake.
Three things to note: o Amy Chua did not come up with the Title of the WSJ article. o The WSJ went out of their way to string the most controversial elements. Think of it as LinkBaiting.. They certainly got a lot of attention. o The actual book is much more nuanced, and, to some degree, comes to different conclusions than the article about the true nature of parenthood. I've spent quite a bit of time reading the revi…
Yes, this rebuttal article is horrible. Somone with a PhD, presumably a researcher, should have read the source material (Amy's book).
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#7I'm convinced the original article by the Chinese mother was some kind of satire. I simply can't believe a reasonably intelligent person (a Yale prof!) can write that with a straight face-- the bit about not letting kids participate in school plays takes the cake.
Of course it's trolling, but people respond seriously because (apparently) this style of parenting is common.
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#8It reads like we're having a child-off between exceptionally gifted Chinese children, and exceptionally gifted American children. What about normal children? I'd love to see these anecdotes turned into evidence.
I was going to say! Most parents would be overjoyed if just one of their children or even grandchildren turned out like this.
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#9Her daughter Ronda Rousey is a 2008 Olympic bronze medalist in Judo, and is on her way to becoming the next 145 lbs female MMA champion.
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#10It reads like we're having a child-off between exceptionally gifted Chinese children, and exceptionally gifted American children. What about normal children? I'd love to see these anecdotes turned into evidence.