***This is the first post in my series on The Paradoxes of Gentle Parenting.*** There are certain words we use

As tiger parents, we often deal with discipline issues head on. We react to rebellion with restrictions, sassiness with sternness,

As tiger parents, most of us value grit and tenacity in the face of adversity. We appreciate mottos like: No

There’s unschooling. And then there’s unschooling in China. In the city where I live, it is common to have upwards

In my last post, I wrote about 6 problems with school: compliance conformity general knowledge standardized testing the classroom setting

Back in high school, I graduated at the top of my class. I maxed out my schedule with as many

I’m not sure if it’s because of culture or because of the language barrier, but as a child, conversations with

Most of us tiger parents are trying to walk the fine line between permissive and authoritarian parenting. We want to

This was my first week of unschooling... which is a misleading statement in two ways. Firstly, because there’s technically no