Queen of the Tiger Mom: Amy Chua
Who never heard of Amy Chua, the queen of Tiger Mom? Since the release of her bestseller Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother in 2011, parents are debating about the toughness of her parenting style. The book describes how she requires from her daughters to spend several hours every day in mathematics and music. Besides, she has forbidden her daughters from attending play dates or sleepovers. Does it sound familiar to you?
In 2011, the Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece by Chua titled Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior. She explained the result of the parenting style. “If a Chinese child gets a B—which would never happen—there would first be a screaming, hair-tearing explosion. The devastated Chinese mother would then get dozens, maybe hundreds of practice tests and work through them with her child for as long as it takes to get the grade up to an A.”
For the rare persons who still don’t know what a Tiger Mom is; she is usually very strict with her child to create an academically competitive spirit.
Singapore parents in the top 3 of helping their children after school
According to a survey published by the World Economic Forum, Singapore parents were ranked in the top 3 of every week duration, sitting with their children and helping them after school with 7.9 hours per week in average
By comparison, Chinese parents average 7.2 hours of homework assisting every week while in Japan, it averages 2.6 hours.
The controversial debate of Tiger Mom
Thanks to her success in Asia, the Yale law professor, and author Amy Chua launched the Keys Academy an after-school enrichment center in Singapore in 2015. According to a survey of 500 parents published in 2015 by The Straits Times and research company Nexus Link, seventy percent of Singaporean parents in enrolling their kids in private tuition lesson for a cost of one billion Singaporean dollars.
However, a recent Singapore study that followed hundreds of primary-age children for five years discovered that hovering parents could make children excessively self-critical and undermine their confidence and self-belief.
Some others parenting styles have emerged these last years such as Elephant Mom. She is a mother who believes that she needs to protect and encourage her children.
What type of parent are you?
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