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Tiger Mom and Helicopter Parent
Recently, I happened to read an article from a book. It made me think a lot. It talked about quite an interesting topic for me: "Tiger Mom" and "helicopter parent". I am not sure that phrases like that have really made their way into everyday language. If so, how do you feel about them?
I am a typical chinese girl. I don't mean to stereotype, but, I have a traditional Chinese parent. When I was a little girl I was not allowed to do anything without my parents permission, but that's fine by me. I thought that all parents acted that way: just pay attention to their kids, clear all the obstacles ahead of them. Being a parent is minimizing risk for your children.
I found out maybe I was wrong. When I was talking about our parents with my best friend, it reminded me of what I have gone through.
I was not allowed stay at a friends' house overnight;
I had to come back home before 10:30 at night;
I need to stay away from those boys, yep, and they would stop me from doing anything that they thought was dangerous for me.
I think it's not merely a coincidence that I talked about my parents with my friend, and uh-oh, after a short while, I read this article. So I was wondering, is there something wrong with this kind of "overparenting" style?
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