tiger mother? more like insane

if anyone of you have been reading the ST you would know this hoo ha caused by yale graduate (and whatever accolades she has) who wrote about her parenting and asian-style parenting in general. i have not read the book but from the excerpts the newspaper printed all i can do is shake my head in despair and ask myself is she even human?

from the excerpts that i've gleaned from the papers she is crazy! to force her child to sit in front of the piano to master a nursery rhyme overnight under the threat of burning all her soft toys?! to force her kids to master piano, dance and whatever things they do AND not get below an A? is there even time to sleep??

this begs the question have competition in the real world become so stiff that people have to resort to such methods to FORCE their children to excel? its a wonder that they have not committed suicide yet. this behaviour prompts me to ask has the world become a place such that success can only be quanlified as playing in Carnegie Hall at age 14 or waiting for a place to the prestigious arts school in NY?

people say no pain no gain. but then if you don't have a life how do you enjoy a gain?

it questions a parent's motivtion to push a child all those extra stuff.for what purpose do you push ur child to take piano lessons and take dance lessons and a multitude of other stuff?

from what i can see its purely for her personal gain. to get the glory, to able to respond to people when they say "ur child is brilliant." "oh no not at all. i have to do alot of work with her and i did this... i did that..." and she's telling it all in a book. sick.

today's paper's featured other parents in sg and one article made me bulk in revulsion. its at A8 of prime news. article reads "children need drilling" article went on to say about how said parent will pull her children together if she sees a misbehaving kid and ask them if its the right behaviour to make a spectacle of the parents. and she said it as if she feels good doing it. talk about pervertic.

has parenting become a competition too? to compete for who grooms the best behaving child in public? we have already enough rude and ungracious people in society, people who are so selfish to not give seats for old ladies and old gentlemen and pregnant women in a rush hour. our society certainly do not need people who view misbehaving kids in public places as animals in a zoo.

her kids who look up to her as a role model may jolly well do the same thing to their kids and see nothing wrong with it and at that point in time it is safe to say singapore society has totally become inhumane in that respect.

beware... singapore will soon be a country of the walking dead. literally.