overly - Blogs - Depth Psychology Alliance2024-03-29T13:04:14Zhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/overlyThe Tiger Mother Controversyhttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/profiles/blogs/the-tiger-mother-controversy2011-01-26T01:00:00.000Z2011-01-26T01:00:00.000ZElizabeth Wagelehttps://depthpsychologyalliance.com/members/ElizabethWagele<div><p> </p><div class="page-title"><h1><span class="font-size-3"><a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-career-within-you/201101/the-tiger-mother-controversy" target="_blank">The Tiger Mother Controversy</a></span></h1></div><div class="article-abstract">The Enneagram offers an alternative to overly strict mothering.</div><div class="article-meta"><span class="submitted">Published on January 25, 2011</span></div><div class="article-content-top"><a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/mating" title="Psychology Today looks at Mating" class="pt-basics-link"></a><div class="article-image-wrap article-image-wrap-article-inline-half" style="width:230px;"><img src="http://rsrc.psychologytoday.com/files/imagecache/article-inline-half/blogs/35494/2011/01/54545-45226.jpg" alt="Woman as tiger" width="102" height="145" /><div class="article-image-caption"><p>Drawing by Elizabeth Wagele</p></div></div><p>Amy Chua says her "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" is a memoir, not a how-to book. Still, the draconian methods she describes of raising her daughters are causing a lot of debate. With our economy declining, <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/parenting" title="Psychology Today looks at Parenting" class="pt-basics-link">parents</a> <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/fear" title="Psychology Today looks at Fear" class="pt-basics-link">fear</a> their children need to have a top-notch <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/education" title="Psychology Today looks at Education" class="pt-basics-link">education</a> in order to have the good life. Do parents need to be ultra strict to make sure their kittens get into the Universities that will ensure them jobs and <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/happiness" title="Psychology Today looks at Happiness" class="pt-basics-link">happiness</a>? We're scared of the Chinese these days. Is this another way we fear that maybe they're onto something?</p><p>Read more at <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-career-within-you/201101/the-tiger-mother-controversy">http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-career-within-you/201101/the-tiger-mother-controversy</a></p><p> </p></div></div>