March 18‚ 2011 Tiger Mom: Is Harsh Parenting Really the Answer? Discuss the following issues: 1. What Philosophical perspective is applicable to the article? “[Nature and nurture are] a convenient jingle of words‚ for it separates under two distinct heads the innumerable elements of which personality is composed. Nature is all that man brings with himself into the world; nurture is every influence that affects him after his birth” (Fancis Galton‚ 1874). The Nature/Nurture Philosophical
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Tough Love of the Tiger Mom “With no breaks for water or even the bathroom‚ until at last Lulu learned to play the piece.” Annie Murphy Paul‚ author of article Tiger Moms: Is Tough Parenting Really the Answer‚ describes the moment of one of her sources when she had her seven year old daughter practice for many hours until she could play a piano piece perfectly. This iconic source raised an uproar in American society was none other than Amy Chua‚ author of Battle Hymn of Tiger Mother (Paul‚ 1).
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College Tiger Parenting: a Mistake By Alexander Haniotis Question Should “Tiger Parenting” be the norm when raising your children? Thesis Statement I believe “Tiger Parenting” shouldn’t be tolerated in our society. Tiger Parenting: a Mistake Amy Chua’s provocative Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has caused great controversy and debate mainly because of her strict parenting philosophy exercised throughout the entire novel. Chua is questioning the traditional Western parenting ways and
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Danielle Bolin Mrs. Bradley English 102 17 April 2013 Tiger Mom Growing up as a child in any activity you decided to take on you learn that your parents always stress the concept of practice makes perfect; if it’s practicing your flute‚ or throwing baseballs with a friend‚ or shooting free throws in the driveway. The more time and effort you put into some activity you enjoy‚ the better you will be ultimately making you enjoy it even more. In some cultures this concept of practice makes perfect
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Tiger parenting is equal to a better future. All parents hope their children to have a better future when they grow up. In the past‚ these parents wanted their children to study very hard in school. This is because they believed that excellent academic results are linked with job opportunities. They considered this is the best way for their children to have a better future. The encouragement of academic excellence is typical of a tiger parenting style. Tiger parents want their children to perform
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Katlyn Jankowski 11282179 March 13 2013 Tiger Mom After reading the article‚ I feel very upset by the way things were stated. In my life growing up my mother was very involved in everything that I had chosen to do. Her opinion and expectations of me were very important and close in my mind. My mother was hard on me to a point‚ however she always knew when something was just too much‚ or when to let me have my time to be a kid. I feel the way the tiger mom treats her children is somewhat run like
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Lawrence Erik Habecker Writing 10‚ Section 7 11 September 2012 Rhetorical Analysis – “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” Parenting is always a debatable topic in America. Every person has an opinion on how a child should be raised and disciplined. In Amy Chua’s “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” (an excerpt from Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother)‚ Chua explains Chinese parenting and how it is effective in her life. She claims that by breaking down a child and pushing them to their full potential‚ the
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A tiger mom is a mother who uses tough love‚ discipline‚ and strict rules towards their children in order to reach academic excellence. This type of parenting is typically found in Chinese parents and is a traditional Chinese way of parenting. Amy Chua‚ who is a lawyer and author‚ as well as‚ professor of Law at Yale Law School‚ explains in her article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” about her experience and rules of being a tiger mom. Although it is not common in Western moms‚ Chau stresses certain
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Tiger Moms: Is Tough Parenting Really the Answer? When I first started to read “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” I had the same point of view that the majority of the audiences‚ this ways of raising her daughters were too extreme. I thought that her parenting methods were incredulous and things such as calling a kid garbage it should never be done. Then I started to see Amy Chua’s point. She is a “Tiger daughter”‚ her Chinese parents raise her in the same or maybe even in a harder way‚ and from
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Parenting Styles There are many different parenting styles used all over the world today. From strict and demanding to very lenient and care-free. The way that the children of the future are raised as an adolescent will have a big impact on their future as an adult. Research proves that there are a few parenting styles that will come in handy when raising your kids. The most common parenting styles are: authoritative‚ uninvolved‚ permissive
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