Paradox #1: There’s No Such Thing as “Misbehavior”
***This is the first post in my series on The Paradoxes of Gentle Parenting.*** There are certain words we use to describe when our kids
***This is the first post in my series on The Paradoxes of Gentle Parenting.*** There are certain words we use to describe when our kids
As tiger parents, we often deal with discipline issues head on. We react to rebellion with restrictions, sassiness with sternness, tantrums with toughness. Gentle parenting
As tiger parents, most of us value grit and tenacity in the face of adversity. We appreciate mottos like: No pain, no gain. What doesn’t
There’s unschooling. And then there’s unschooling in China. In the city where I live, it is common to have upwards of 45 kids in one
In my last post, I wrote about 6 problems with school: compliance conformity general knowledge standardized testing the classroom setting extrinsic motivation There are many
Back in high school, I graduated at the top of my class. I maxed out my schedule with as many AP classes as I could
I’m not sure if it’s because of culture or because of the language barrier, but as a child, conversations with my parents were usually limited
Most of us tiger parents are trying to walk the fine line between permissive and authoritarian parenting. We want to give our children a measure
This was my first week of unschooling… which is a misleading statement in two ways. Firstly, because there’s technically no beginning and end with unschooling
Most tiger moms and dads would admit that we don’t want to parent the same way we were parented. Regardless of whether our childhood was