Tiger Parent |
“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”
-Albert Schweitzer |
Amy Chua’s 2011 book, The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom, shined the spotlight on Tiger Parenting. Tiger Parents are the ones who tend to value their children based upon their performances. They want their children not only to succeed, but to excel so they can have a happy future. As a result, Tiger Parents push their children, offer little praise, rarely point out improvement, but have their eye on the end result.
Mistakes are not learning opportunities with Tiger Parents. Children are admonished and chastised. They are not babied and are expected not to fail, but when they do, they had better jump right back up and continue. Part of the ideology behind Tiger Parenting is that nothing is fun for children until they are good at it. It’s the parents’ role to push their children until they are good enough to find pleasure in the experience on their own. Therefore, children of Tiger Parents tend to rely on their parents to drive them and not on intrinsic motivation. But, all of this “push” stems from love and concern for their child.
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Mistakes are not learning opportunities with Tiger Parents. Children are admonished and chastised. They are not babied and are expected not to fail, but when they do, they had better jump right back up and continue. Part of the ideology behind Tiger Parenting is that nothing is fun for children until they are good at it. It’s the parents’ role to push their children until they are good enough to find pleasure in the experience on their own. Therefore, children of Tiger Parents tend to rely on their parents to drive them and not on intrinsic motivation. But, all of this “push” stems from love and concern for their child.
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Children of Tiger Parents Develop More Aggression and Depression, Research Shows
Tiger Moms Don't Raise Superior Kids, Says New Study