I actually think that this mother has gotten way out of hand with her ways of raising her children. If kids are taught that violence is not the answer, and that screaming is disrespectful, why does the mother act this way? The time were she made Lulu play the song in the piano right she yelled at her to the point were she lost her voice. If you want your kids to be successful in life, the parents have to motivate and guide them through that success, but this doesn't have to be done the way that she is doing it. Just because this is the way she thinks Chinese moms do it, does not mean it is the right way.
If she wants to be a good mom she should bring her kids on top in life, but with her girls having fun at the same time. The right way to raise your children will be by guiding them to success; with patience, positive attitude, and even fun. I feel like this mom breaks all of these things and just cares about how others are going to view her and her daughters. She is not considering the negative impact this is going to have on her daughters. I think this mom is messed up and that success has her blind.
Sigmud Freud's theory that personality is influenced by interaction with parent is going to be seen later in these girls future's. They were raised with over loads of practice, and yelling and insults, well this can cause the girls to be the same with others. Charles Cooley said the idea of the looking glass self, and this can be applied here for when the girls ever feel negative about themselves, and they say it is because of the way their parents treated them with negative comments. Mead's idea of the significance of getting under the skin of others by taking their roles, is something that the mom is not doing. I think that the mom should go under the same pressure she puts her children in so she feels what they go through.
Fantastic job applying theory to the case of the "Tiger" mother :)
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