The greatest gift we can give our children is the gift of enthusiam. (Charles Schwab). I came across this on Professor Terence Tao’s blog.
Recently there are two articles on “Tiger Moms” and “Kiasu (translated as “overly afraid of losing”) Parents” in Singapore. Interesting to read.
Parents in Singapore are indeed at a dilemma, overly pushing their child will lead to negative consequences (as mentioned in the articles), but not pushing their child may lead to falling behind academically.
This quote sums it up:
A housewife, who wanted to be known only as Mrs Lim, 43, said: “In Singapore, the pressure to do well starts early. Parents have no choice but to set high expectations of their kids’ performance.
“But I will be more mindful of the way I speak to my kids, so that they won’t feel bad about making mistakes in their work.”
The solution, ideally, is for children to be self-motivated rather than being pushed by parents. Check out some motivational educational books here.
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