Year of the Tiger Mom

YEAR OF THE TIGER MOM or ARE YOU RACIST FOR READING THIS? IN 2011, A BOOK BY AMY CHUA WAS PUBLISHED CALLED, GGBATTLE HYMN OF THE TIGER MOM Amy Chua Author, Chinese-American mother photo via bostonherald.com The book told many stories of how Chua raised her two daughters under a "traditional Chinese" method HER EXTREME PARENTING STYLE ENRAGED MANY READERS Her parenting methods included: FORCED MUSIC PRACTICE EVERY DAY FEW EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES BANS ON MANY SOCIAL EVENTS PUNISHMENT AND SHAMING DISCIPLINARY EXAMPLES IN 2013, KIM WONG KELTNER REOPENED THE ISSUE WITH HER BOOK: H.PPY BIRTHDAY 66 TIGER 9, BABIES "THIS SUCKS" "THIS I S YOU" STRIKE BACK Rejecting a "plain birthday calling her oldest daughter card" her daughter "garbage" Described the struggle of being raised under the made for her strict parenting model and the harmful effects that perfectionistic parenting can have on children FACTS STRICT PARENTING "TIGER MOM" is common in many Chinese immigrant families, but not all Asian-Americans practice it. can refer to moms, dads, grandparents or anyone who uses strict parenting styles ΤΥΡICAL "TIGER MOM" CHARACTERISTICS OF TIGER MOMS THEY MAKE TOO MANY RULES Chua threatened to burn all of her THEY MAKE OVER THE TOP THREATS daughter's stuffed animals if she didn't perfect a piano piece THEY GIVE CONDITIONAL LOVE OR MAKE IT SOUND THAT WAY THEY LACKA VERBAL FILTER "I love you, but..." THEIR KID IS ALL WORK AND NO PLAY Tiger babies are forced to sacrifice social time and relaxation time for learning time THEY BELIEVE THE RULES ARE THE RULES, NO QUESTIONS ASKED THEY ARE AUTHORITARIAN, NOT AUTHORITATIVE Authoritative parents lay out boundaries and expect their kids to stay within them. Authoritarian parents dictate everything their child does THE HARM • It is used to teach children right from wrong • Children are socialized to be conscious of what others think of them SHAMING Shaming is a main part of Chinese-style parenting They're expected to act in a way that gains the most approval • Shaming damages self-esteem Tiger parenting perpetuates Published in 2013, a decade-long study of 300 Asian-American families the "model minority" FOUND THAT THIS KIND OF PARENTING HAD stereotype, which gives children an added DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS ON CHILDREN expectation to live up to The study found that SUICIDE the second leading cause of death among Asian-American women between the ages of 15-24 is "Model minority" expectations and family pressures are often cited as factors of suicide Asian-American girls grades 5-12 have the HIGHE ST RAT E OF DEPRE SSION Tiger moms produced children who experienced: • Feelings of alienation from their parents • More symptoms of depression • Lower GPA's, despite higher academic pressure accross both race/ethnicity and gender THE BENEFIT CHILDR EN RAISED BY TIGER PARENTS CAN G O ON TO BE VE RY SU CCESSF UL A Pew Research Center study shows that Asian-Americans are the leaders Asian-Americans are the leading group in percentage with a Bachelor's degree or higher in median household income $66,000 21 The average percentage of %% US population with a Bachelor's degree or higher as of 2010 that's an average of 49% %$416,200 more than the average US populations Some children raised by tiger parents see their efforts as expressions of love Tiger babies may be more disciplined Learning more at an early age gives them an advantage when they get to college or the workforce Chua describes tiger parenting not as telling children what they should be, but pushing them to realize their full potential http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/17/opinion/liu-tiger-parents Presented by: http://www.livescience.com/18023-tiger-parenting-tough-kids.html masters-in-teaching.com http://www.care2.com/causes/the-sad-truth-about-the-tiger-mother.html http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/06/19/the-rise-of-asian-americans http://www.webmd.com/parenting/features/16-signs-youre-too-strict-with-kids http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/04/sympathy-for-the-tiger-moms/308399 DEVELOPED BY N NOWSOURCING http://family.jrank.org/pages/1258/Parenting-Styles-Cultural-Differences-in-Guilt-Shame.html http://www.parents.com/blogs/red-hot-parenting/2012/02/22/health/evaluating-tiger-mom-parenting- whats-the-take-home-message-from-research http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/05/_tiger_mom_study_shows_the_parenting_method_doesn_t_work.html http://www.sxc.hu/photo/346151 tiger fur texture via shodan