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What I Love about the Tiger Mom

January 19th, 2011

By Dr. Jim Taylor If you look at the title of my recent post about Amy Chua, What Chinese-American Mothers Do Wrong (and Right), and the title of this piece, you may be thinking that I have Multiple Personality Disorder, excoriating her one day and expressing my affection for her the next. I have since […]

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Tags: Asian, Chinese, discipline, expectations, parenting, perfection, standards
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What Chinese-American Mothers Do Wrong (and Right)

January 18th, 2011

By Dr. Jim Taylor Have you read the article on wsj.com by Amy Chua, a Chinese-American mother (and law professor at Yale)? If not, you probably don’t have children. It is a must-read! I was both mesmerized and appalled by the article; like driving past a horrific car accident and wondering whether anyone survived. I […]

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Tags: Asian, Chinese, discipline, expectations, parenting, perfection, standards
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Parenting: Have Consequences with “Bite”

January 12th, 2011

By Dr. Jim Taylor Establishing reasonable expectations for your children in all aspects of their lives, including school, home, and family, is essential for raising children who are responsible, respectful, successful, and happy. But expectations without consequences are like a dog with a loud bark, but no bite; scary at first, but ultimately harmless. Consequences […]

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Tags: consequences, consistency, discipline, expectations, fairness, parenting
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Ski Racing and Parenting: Fear of Total Failure

November 7th, 2010

By Dr. Jim Taylor In my very first Kids & Culture Alert! e-newsletter published in April of 2005, I discussed the sad epidemic of fear of failure that I found to be rampant in America at that time. Well, over five years later, fear of failure is still the most pervasive and debilitating issue among […]

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Tags: expectations, fear of failure, pride, regret, risk, ski racing, success
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Parent and Child Responsibilities in Ski Racing

November 1st, 2010

By Dr. Jim Taylor For your children to have a great ski racing experience which, for me, means having fun, developing essential life skills, and achieving their goals, both you and your children must understand and fulfill your respective responsibilities and those responsibilities alone. Taylor’s Law of Family Responsibilities states that if family members fulfill […]

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Tags: child development, children, expectations, goals, responsibilities, ski racing
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