Blogs

The Paradoxes of Gentle Parenting: A Series

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

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Iris Chen November 2, 2017
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Parenting

The Problem With Eating Bitterness

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

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Iris Chen October 26, 2017
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Untigering

Pros and Cons of Unschooling in China

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

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Iris Chen September 28, 2017
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Unschooling

Unschooling vs. Schooling

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

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Iris Chen September 22, 2017
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Unschooling

6 Problems with School According to a Valedictorian

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

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Iris Chen September 13, 2017
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Unschooling

5 Topics To Talk About With Your Kids

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

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Iris Chen September 8, 2017
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Parenting

4 Simple Ways for Tiger Parents to Start Gentle Parenting

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

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Iris Chen September 4, 2017
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Parenting Untigering

Week 1 of My Unschooling Experiment: Deschooling

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

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Iris Chen September 1, 2017
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Unschooling

How to Begin Your Untigering Story

Most tiger moms and dads would admit that we don’t want to parent the same way we were parented. Regardless

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Iris Chen August 28, 2017
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Parenting Untigering