Against Letter Denying Tiger Mother’s Approaches
By Yuxi Tu
The letter to tiger mothers is against the teaching approaches in “Chinese way” which was developed by professor Chua, presenting “what Amy Chua claimed is not the proper approach to lead children to be more excellent, even more to be destroyed by insufficient subjective thinking, less freedom, and limited social activities.” (An Open Letter To Tiger Mothers). However, this letter is not tenable, because her point of views is as an observer, not Chua’s daughters themselves. By breaking up all the arguments settled, this article exerts what Chua’s daughters really experienced and felt for their childhoods, one of which is depicted as “a tough childhood, but a happy one” from Lulu; besides, …show more content…
Another girl, who also have “suffered” from “controls of the tiger mother”, said: “our childhood accomplishments enable us to meaningfully contribute to our communities.” (Liu). She agreed with this approach, because she knew her mom was better than to let her future derailed by teenage volatile and irrational feelings, with listening to her feelings calmly. (Liu). Secondly, tiger parenting is not equal to less freedom and limited social activities, a misunderstanding, but a way putting their children in effort to succeed within a limited time. Each child only exerts about 157,680 hours before turning into his or her eighteenth. Breaking down to figure out the opportunity cost of being a fully accomplished child is only to exact away the time from making friends and nurturing relationships or so-called social activities. The final result of trade-off would be strongly confidence received by kids who always find A in their gradebooks. Just teaching children that the world is competitive harshly, and they are required to afford risks and face to challenges on the way to future, a trail without parents’
By Yuxi Tu
The letter to tiger mothers is against the teaching approaches in “Chinese way” which was developed by professor Chua, presenting “what Amy Chua claimed is not the proper approach to lead children to be more excellent, even more to be destroyed by insufficient subjective thinking, less freedom, and limited social activities.” (An Open Letter To Tiger Mothers). However, this letter is not tenable, because her point of views is as an observer, not Chua’s daughters themselves. By breaking up all the arguments settled, this article exerts what Chua’s daughters really experienced and felt for their childhoods, one of which is depicted as “a tough childhood, but a happy one” from Lulu; besides, …show more content…
Another girl, who also have “suffered” from “controls of the tiger mother”, said: “our childhood accomplishments enable us to meaningfully contribute to our communities.” (Liu). She agreed with this approach, because she knew her mom was better than to let her future derailed by teenage volatile and irrational feelings, with listening to her feelings calmly. (Liu). Secondly, tiger parenting is not equal to less freedom and limited social activities, a misunderstanding, but a way putting their children in effort to succeed within a limited time. Each child only exerts about 157,680 hours before turning into his or her eighteenth. Breaking down to figure out the opportunity cost of being a fully accomplished child is only to exact away the time from making friends and nurturing relationships or so-called social activities. The final result of trade-off would be strongly confidence received by kids who always find A in their gradebooks. Just teaching children that the world is competitive harshly, and they are required to afford risks and face to challenges on the way to future, a trail without parents’