Two Kinds And Tiger Moms

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Nowadays education is more and more important in our daily life. But there are many ways to teach children. In the future everyone will become parents and we have response to our children, we have to choose the best way for our children. And I read two massages "Two kinds" which is written by Amy Tan and "Tiger Moms" which is rwritten by Annie Murphy Paul. Both of them are tell us how to teach our children in two different ways because the mothers wanted their children be prefect. First two stories are talk about their moms how to face their children, and anyway I know the mothers wanted their children become prefect. The mothers hope their kids be good person in the future. We can know it from "Of course you can be prodigy, too, my mother told me when I was nine. You can be best anything. What does Auntie Lindo know? Her …show more content…
In the story of "Two kinds" after her daughter had a strong resistance, the mother did not let her play piano again, we can know it from "It was as if I had said magic words-her face went blank, her mouth closed, her arms went slack, and she backed out of the room, stunned, as if she were blowing away like a small brown leaf, thin, brittle, lifeless." This quote means the mother already gave up her daughter, the mother let her daughter do everything she want. And did not let her play piano again.But in the story of "Tiger Moms", the mother forced to force her daughter to do everything. We can know it from "That's the name of the piano tune that Amy Chua, Yale law professor and self-described tiger mother, forced her 7-year-old daughter Lulu to practice for hours on end- right hthrough dinner into the night, with no breaks for water or even the bathroom, until at last Lulu learned to play the piece." This quote means the mother was very strict and mean. She did not give any chance to gher daughter. That's the different between two story. And two ways are good for

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