There's a new book just out that at first glance is guaranteed to make every mother feel more inadequate than she does already....
>>>There's a new book just out that at first glance is guaranteed to make every mother feel more inadequate than she does already.
The author, a mother of two, lists on the first page some of the things her daughters were never allowed to do: attend a sleepover, have a playdate, watch TV or play computer games, choose their own after-school activities, choose not to play the piano or violin, fail to be top of the class.
The result? Both girls — now aged 18 and 13 — are grade-A students and brilliant musicians. Their mother, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, says this proves her parenting methods are superior to those that we lazy Western mothers espouse.
Read more in the Daily Mail article linked below.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1346308/Amy-Chavs-Battle-Hymn-Tiger-Mother-just-make-cubs-miserable.html
http://www.amazon.com/Battle-Hymn-Tiger-Mother-Chua/dp/1594202842