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Tiger parenting - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/creepywikipedia

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Read it. Feel it. Put your feet into the shoe of children who suffer from this.

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[–] UmeU 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The notion of a "tiger parent" is analogous to other authoritarian parenting stereotypes, such as the American stage mother, the Japanese kyōiku mama, and the Jewish mother.

I like how there are a handful of different regionally-specific terms, and then there’s just ‘Jewish Mother’.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Wow, I thought it was Asian culture only.