{"id":206,"date":"2011-06-22T16:07:10","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T15:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowyouknowabout.com\/blog\/?p=206"},"modified":"2015-09-06T11:54:38","modified_gmt":"2015-09-06T11:54:38","slug":"tiger-mothers-are-multiplying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nowyouknowabout.com\/?p=206","title":{"rendered":"Tiger mothers are multiplying&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nowyouknowabout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/th-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8715\" src=\"https:\/\/nowyouknowabout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/th-1.jpeg\" alt=\"th-1\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Am I imagining it? \u00a0Or are tiger mothers multiplying rapidly? (We know they are reproducing, obviously.) \u00a0My parents hardly knew the name of my school and definitely had NO IDEA WHATSOEVER what subjects I did at A-Level. \u00a0No interest, I think. \u00a0Far too busy doing their own thing. \u00a0So how on earth has the landscape changed so drastically? \u00a0I&#8217;ve got friends who will not<em> tolerate <\/em>low marks, even if their child is not gifted and not clever. \u00a0In with the tutors or ship in the holiday homework and the poor little things spend their free time, noses pressed to the books. \u00a0So what happens if you choose not to take the tiger mother route (3 hours piano practice, lots of pushing and tons of extra work)? \u00a0Are you letting your children down? \u00a0But hang on&#8230;if you glance around at your successful friends &#8211; and here i mean the traditional concept of success ie good job, big salary. \u00a0They weren&#8217;t all high flyers at school. \u00a0Some of them dropped out of university. \u00a0Some of them took ages to find their path. \u00a0What&#8217;s hard as a parent is having the nerve to let them grow up as the individuals they are. \u00a0I&#8217;m trying to keep the faith and opt for benign neglect. \u00a0But it&#8217;s hard not to wobble when you see what the tiger mothers are achieving with their methods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Am I imagining it? \u00a0Or are tiger mothers multiplying rapidly? 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