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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]. Most of the ones I know, including my ILs, drill their children into academic perfection and the odd bad grade (an A- ?) shames the whole family. [/quote]

Are you saying Jewish parents are Tiger Moms?

How do you drill them into perfection?  I can't make my 4 year old sit down and trace letters for 5 minutes.[/quote]

Correct, PP, I am absolutely saying that Tiger Parents abound in Jewish communities as well as other groups. I am a Eurasian Tiger parent :-)

It started with my SN oldest. I realized he wasn't going to get anywhere if I just let him lazy along as the therapists told me. Now he's mainstreamed and doing well. I gave him good discipline starting when he was a toddler, and many many hours of practicing whatever it is he had to learn. I can't tell you how many hours per day (for how many months) he practiced learning to walk, or talk! When you struggle to do the most natural things, it gives you quite a work ethic. Then I realized the only way of getting good at something is to work at it - duh, right? But modern lax parenting will have it otherwise.
So now my neurotypical youngest is 3 and sits down for hours to read, write, count, alongside her siblings. She plays violin. What was hard with DC1 is easy for her, both because she has more skills and and because she benefits from his studious example. I expect this from her (ie, I do not take no for an answer) because I know she can do it. When she herself realizes she can achieve what I asked, she's proud of herself and wants to continue. Virtuous cycle.
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