Op-ed: 'Roaring like a tiger' might not work for all kids
(NEWSER) - In response to Amy Chua's much-discussed book excerpt in praise of ultra-strict Chinese mothers, Ayelet Waldman begins her defense of "ambivalent" Western moms by rattling off a bunch of supposed no-nos she's allowed her four kids to do—quit music lessons, sleep over at a friend's, surf the web, etc. "I might point out, as others have, that Asian-American girls aged 15 to 24 have above average rates of suicide," she writes in the Wall Street Journal . "I might question the hubris of taking credit for success that is as likely to have resulted from the genetic blessings of musicality and intellect as from the 'Chinese' child-rearing techniques of shrieking and name calling." More»
