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Does “tiger parenting” sound a little crazy even outrageous to you? As a kid grown up in East Asia, it appears to be a commonplace to me. The phrase “tiger parenting” is defined as strict parents who expect and demand high achievement from their children, even take control of their activities. In order to make their kids catch up their classmates, and perform the very best academically in every subject at school, parents tend to fill up the afterclass time and even weekends of their kids with extracurricular courses, at the price of a happy childhood which is deserved for a kid.

This Asian-characteristic sociological fact might due to reasons as follows: China is now facing a high-paced economic growth more than ever, which indirectly leads to a gaint gap in every aspect of life between 2 generations. Living condition has been dramatically improved as better paid job oppotunities have been created, as well as a more subtle and differentiated educational market has formed. In addtion, the drastic growth in economy also implys a severe competition unprecedented. These arguments explain why chinese parents are willing to invest more time and resources to their kids.

We should not simple conclude whether it is wrong or right. The great attention to the education nationally will keep our optimistic evaluation to chinese’s futrue. Meanwhile, people are arguing that if it would cost too much. From what I see, rather than trying to change people’s mindset, the authority should take the lead, and give a correct guidance as to the evaluation system, and make their efforts to encourage young people to embrace diversity and inclusivity.

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Does “tiger parenting” sound a little crazy, even outrageous to you? As a kid grown up who grew up / raised in East Asia, it appears to be a commonplace to me. The phrase “tiger parenting” is defined as strict parents who expect and demand high achievement from their children, even take control of their activities. In order to make their kids catch up their classmates, and perform the very best academically in every subject at school, parents tend to fill up their kid’s after-class time / time outside of class, and even weekends, of their kids with extracurricular courses, at the price of a the happy childhood which is every child deserves for a kid.

This characteristically Asian characteristic sociological fact might be due to the following reasons as follows: China is now facing a higher-paced economic growth more than ever, which indirectly leads to a giant gap in every aspect of life between 2 generations. Living conditions have has been dramatically improved as better–paid job opportunities have been created, as well as and this has resulted in the formation of a more subtle and differentiated educational market has formed. In addition, the drastic growth in the economy also implies a severe competition of unprecedented severity. These arguments facts / reasons explain why Chinese parents are willing to invest more time and resources in their kids.

We should not simply conclude whether it is wrong or right. The great attention paid to the education nationally will keep fulfill our optimistic evaluation to chinese’s of China’s future. Meanwhile, some / other people are arguing that if it would cost too much. From what I see, rather than trying to change people’s mindsets, the authority should take the lead, and give a correct guidance as to the evaluation system, and undertake their great effort to encourage young people to embrace diversity and inclusivity.