I like the Asian way better.
Letting the kids get into drugs and perversion is the way to disaster
The point of the article is that many Western parents are behaving more like the hovering Asian parents we think are better.
Kids need free time, time to create, to think, to play, and even to just goof off. Kids learn more at home tinkering around with their toys and playing in their yards than they do at a preschool where they are forced to sit for a couple hours while someone drills the ABCs and numbers into their heads.
Well, think about this:
Mom is a Chinese upper-middle class high-level professional in New York City.
Dad is a Jewish upper-middle class high-level professional in New York City.
Highly educated Chinese Mom and highly educated Jewish Dad. Just like Tiger Mom Amy Chua and her spouse.
Daughter is an Ivy League grad. “Ivy League grad”, is, I submit, the be-all and end-all goal of “Asian Style” parenting.
According to a Complaint on file in a Federal District Court, this is what the Ivy League daughter talked about/texted about with her Ivy League friends while in college:
“I’ve officially had sex with all of John Doe’ best friends. . . - did lotsa drugs jk just got very drunk - well anyways - now i have an std i actually hate John Doe like if a girl is about to puke - don’t put your unprotected d**k into her. . . I realy don’t want to be known as the girl who contracted an std because she
was drunk you know? it is more his fault for f***ing me unconscious - i mean i was conscious
but clearly not in my right mind. . . i was literally blackout. . . like i puked all over the place.
A daughter to make her parents proud.