Am British Parents Turning Into Tiger Parents?

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I'm afraid we're all short sighted when it comes to our childre. I worked in an area where i noticed a very big difference between the children of indian immigrants and white children. And there was this huge difference, so that even where the schools were very bad, there was a difference in the results because of the wishes of the parents. The educational situation in this country is disgraceful. Only 59 don't knows more than one in three people will face cancer in their lifetime. Early detection can save your life. Go to cancer screen info dot com right now for free screening resources and recommendations from the american cancer society.

Why are there so many Chinese maths and music prodigies? Because Chinese mothers believe schoolwork and music practice come first, that an A-minus is a bad grade, that sleepovers, TV and computer games should never be allowed and that the only activity their children should be permitted to do are ones in which they can eventually win a medal - and that medal must be gold. These methods certainly seem to get results but do they make for the rounded individuals Western parents are striving to bring up? Isn't it better that our children should be happy rather than burnt-out brain boxes? Who's right and who's wrong? In this debate from June 2011, Amy Chua, author of the best-selling Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, and Theodore Dalrymple, the writer and psychologist, speak for the motion. Justine Roberts, co-founder of Mumsnet, and Frank Furedi, emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent and parenting expert, speak against the motion. The debate was chaired by columnist and broadcaster Jenni Russell

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