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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This came up in the other thread and I am interested in this idea.

Would you say your parenting style falls into this category? What kinds of activities/attitudes would you say are "intense"?

Are we talking like Tiger Moms?

The reason I'm confused is because some people in there were talking as if having dinner together every night, reading every night and playing card or board games, taking your kids to activities a few times a week, taking them out for fun or enriching excursions every weekend, going out to dinner a lot, lots of vacations, etc. would be categorized as "intensive parenting' but isn't all that just par for the course for UMC parents and has been since like the 80s at least?
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I am pretty much what you described. I don’t consider myself a Tiger Mom. I am very organized and was a teacher before I became a SAHM. I love reading early childhood research and I treat staying home like it is a job. When kids nap, I clean and listen to parenting books and podcasts.

I taught in a very UMC school before having kids. I have seen tiger parents and I am not one. We had one family that sold their home and moved to our district for the gifted program. Their children didn’t qualify. They were constantly practicing math, reading, and instruments with any free time they had.

When I think Tiger Mom, I think of forcing a child to practice piano or violin for hours each day and treat children who don’t excel with disdain. I am definitely a Plan B/kids do well if they can kind of mom.[/quote]

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