Questioning Authority Is, I Think, A Great

I Was Raised, Myself, By Extremely Strict But Also Extremely Loving Chinese Immigrant Parents. To This Day, I Believe That Their Having High Expectations For Me, Coupled With Love, Was The Greatest Gift That Anyone's Ever Given Me. And So That's Why, Even Though My Husband Is Not Chinese, I Try To Raise My Own Two Daughters The Same Way.

Oddly Enough, I'm Not A Particularly Judgmental Person. I Just Don't Have A Lot Of Filtering When I'm In 'tiger Mother' Mode. I Say What Comes Into My Head.

The Chinese Model Calls For Giving Your Kids Very Little Choice - And I've Come To See That You Can Go Too Far With That. On The Other Hand, I Also Believe That Western Parents Sometimes Give Their Young Kids Too Much Choice.

A Western Upbringing Tends To Stress Questioning Authority, Which Is Always Asking Why, Why, Why.

Both Of My Girls Have Very High Self-esteem Because They Were Both Able To Master Certain Things; I Should Think That's Good For Their Confidence.