recently, this tiger mum issue was making headlines on the newspapers. if you do not know anything about it, take some time and read about this. to further enhance your understanding, do visit Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. i believe after reading these two articles, you might have something to comment uh, especially with regards to those strict rules listed out by Amy Chua. opinons were shared and discussions went on everything. here is one example and there are a lot more around if you google it. i shall express my humble opinions about the issue of tiger mum too.
firstly, i will never agree to the tiger mum's method of parenting, simply because to me, it is far too demanding. just ask yourself this simple question - is your child happy. things that make a parent happy or satisfied may be do the same to a child. carefully read the rules listed out, you will realise that some of them are impossible to achieve. the children are not allowed to 'not be the No. 1 student in every subject except gym and drama', which means to say it is a must to be No.1. if all parents were to set this as a rule, then wouldnt it be very chaotic as there are too many No.1s around?
secondly, i believe all aspects of a child's development are important, be it the social, mental, physical or academic aspects. if this parenting techniques is widely employing by parents, i guess the suicidal rates of teenagers will increase sharply. not everyone can easily cope with such a stressful teenage life. there should be a balance between work and play. we should not over exphasize only one aspect and neglect other important areas of development.
however, sad to say, this tiger mum method of parenting is somewhat slowly encroaching into our lives. if you scrutinise and think about our society today, it seems that everything works in a practical way. survival of the fittest. parents are more kiasu about their children's results. getting into good schools, having sessions after sessions of tuition + music classes + workshops. i hope that parents wont go to the extremes like the tiger mum's method. what is most important is a healthy development of the child and he/she can be happy.
now the 2nd interesting article, kitchen tigress and her birthday cake. yes. another article that led to many discussions on the blog. some may find it funny, some may be disgusted by her actions. i believe most of the people who were disgusted felt this way because they are able to put themselves into the shoes of the OCBC staff at that point of time. from this view point, it is true that kitchen tigress's actions were ridiculous and had caused inconvenience to many at the bank that day. personally, i felt it was quite funny at first. then i realised that what she did wasnt right. it was planned, even though she knew that she will not get the cake. in short, i see this as a deliberate attempt to make thing diffcult for the bank staff, 把自己的快乐建立在别人的痛苦之上. so please, think again before you want to do anything to anyone. never do things that you dont want others to do to you.
alright. now we move on to the photo. you may find it funnier if you have played DOTA before. in the game, there are many heros for the player to choose. one of them is called the Priestess of the Moon. here's a in game picture vs a real life photo of it. very different uh? hahaha.
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