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Parenting after 35
Pesky
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Battle Hymn of a Tiger Mother
Pesky
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My turn came up on the library wait-list so I picked up the book Battle Hymn of a Tiger Mother before I left for Istanbul and left it here. No worries about finishing it -- I finished it in 3-4 days and that was with working FT and taking care of the kids, etc. It's an easy read, very interesting. The author is type A+++++++ and man, talk about taking the fun OUT of dysfunctional but it was a really honest book, including about the reason why she finally backed off a bit, and one I have to say made me wonder about my own expectations for my kids and for myself as a parent (she worked HARD with her kids). Anyone else read it yet? What did you think?
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Re: Battle Hymn of a Tiger Mother
I know OF the book (from an article in People) but never really thought to read it. I guess I don't think of parenting books in the way of style. I'm always more concerned with milestones, averages (even knowing each child progresses at his/her own pace) than styles. But I guess now that I need to figure out discipline, I should check things out.
That being said, I don't anticipate myself being Type A with Aaron. DH may be... I may be a bit hyper, but not so worried about the little things. Probably because I was more creative at one point in my life.
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I want to read it but I worry it will really bring out my type A tenancies. DH is already discussing how to motivate Matt when he is older to get into a good college so it could be a bad thing for us.
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I'm interested in reading this. But I must have already screwed up because my oldest already received the Harvard and Yale rejection letters in '09.
Speaking of a screw up - my oldest didn't even get accepted to the state college in '08. She was doing fantastic in school until she hit puberty. Then something happened. I think 95% of it is genetic. I will order the book on my Kindle though.
This is kind of how I am/was. So far it's working well as far as school goes. Now, the oldest one's GF is another matter....
DH bought it and then urged me to read it; I was about halfway through and he gave it to a friend of ours who is from Hong Kong who was very interested in reading it. So I have to wait for her to finish it and give it back to us. It was a really quick read so far and I am enjoying it and look forward to finishing it, but I still feel pretty firmly that I will not borrow anything from her approach. It just isn't me. I'm having enough trouble just handling the basics of keeping everyone clothed, fed, and somewhat happy - I can't imagine directing my child's every move that way.