I read her book in a week in-between taking my kids to schools and to therapies. As a parents you know the amount of potential your children have, but they need absolute guidance. And as a parents you do just that because children have no self control and you are the only baseline they have.
Some say she is patronizing? is Amy Chau really patronizing? to whom? to the readers? does it depends on the walk of life you take? She is just telling a story from her point of view and everyone is entitled just that -- an observation.
I finally threw out the iPads my children love spending time with and it was the best thing that I have done for them besides all the therapies I think they need and will need. Just like violin or piano lessons. My husband is probably like Jed. And I am the crazy mom. I am still trying to figure out my children's weaknesses and see how I can turn those around to be their strengths. It is a slow process, but I am getting there.
I think some people doesn't realize that Amy Chua was also in a learning curve as a parents. No parents are perfect even if you consider yourself a Tiger Parents. At the end she found her middle ground with her youngest Lulu. It is like finding your Element.
I also finished reading The Element by Sir Ken Robinson. I find that really straight forward read and with a mixed of British humor. Maybe as parents we should find our own Element and translate that to our children and teach them if you do things well with passion it will show. But passion takes a lot of commitment just like how Amy Chua enforced in piano and violin practice. I don't know if you should force the child to do something that they don't like to do. But if your child is willing to follow your advice then it is a good thing.
My mom tried to make me play the piano. She tried so much that I begged her please I can't take it anymore. I can't really sit still for it. I have no patience for it. I am not really musically incline at all. I am not much of a music person to begin with. Later on I love art. She asked me if I want to do art instead. I said yes. So I tried and I love it. I was enrolled in oil painting classes and drawing classes. I am not a particularly great artist or natural one, but I really love it.
Then I became a graphic designer. I enrolled to fine arts program at USC then to graphic design program at Art Center College of Design. I was on the roll. I want to help my children find their drives to be successful.
Sometimes being good at playing the piano doesn't mean you enjoy doing it unless you enjoy doing it so much that practice equals fun. Same goes with being an artist or just taking on drawing. It takes commitment and practice to get your foundation down then you can go off and break all the rules you want to be innovative and to be outrageous in the field.
To turn something into a career it is all about passion. My auntie J gave us her life lesson, if you want to be successful you should not be afraid to fail. Failing means you tried then not try at all. You put your all into it. Your time to it and it will show itself and people would want to be around you. And eventually money will come your way for you to make a living for what you enjoy the most. If you think about money first then you will never get anything done.
I think some people doesn't realize that Amy Chua was also in a learning curve as a parents. No parents are perfect even if you consider yourself a Tiger Parents. At the end she found her middle ground with her youngest Lulu. It is like finding your Element.
I also finished reading The Element by Sir Ken Robinson. I find that really straight forward read and with a mixed of British humor. Maybe as parents we should find our own Element and translate that to our children and teach them if you do things well with passion it will show. But passion takes a lot of commitment just like how Amy Chua enforced in piano and violin practice. I don't know if you should force the child to do something that they don't like to do. But if your child is willing to follow your advice then it is a good thing.
My mom tried to make me play the piano. She tried so much that I begged her please I can't take it anymore. I can't really sit still for it. I have no patience for it. I am not really musically incline at all. I am not much of a music person to begin with. Later on I love art. She asked me if I want to do art instead. I said yes. So I tried and I love it. I was enrolled in oil painting classes and drawing classes. I am not a particularly great artist or natural one, but I really love it.
Then I became a graphic designer. I enrolled to fine arts program at USC then to graphic design program at Art Center College of Design. I was on the roll. I want to help my children find their drives to be successful.
Sometimes being good at playing the piano doesn't mean you enjoy doing it unless you enjoy doing it so much that practice equals fun. Same goes with being an artist or just taking on drawing. It takes commitment and practice to get your foundation down then you can go off and break all the rules you want to be innovative and to be outrageous in the field.
To turn something into a career it is all about passion. My auntie J gave us her life lesson, if you want to be successful you should not be afraid to fail. Failing means you tried then not try at all. You put your all into it. Your time to it and it will show itself and people would want to be around you. And eventually money will come your way for you to make a living for what you enjoy the most. If you think about money first then you will never get anything done.
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