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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm Asian and consider myself to be a tiger Mom.

HOWEVER -

I don't expect perfect grades, nor top colleges for my kids.  However, I have very high expectations of what they will learn while they are under my roof. I am more strict in terms of most parents I know when it comes down to it.  However, I'm not into academics.  I am into knowledge.  What school they get into isn't of concern to me because it depends on what they want to do professionally.  You just can't ask a kid to go to Harvard for the sake of it or get their MBA so they can make $.  They have to find their own way but when they do, I believe it's on parents to have prepared them so they can succeed.  The strongest emotion I think is love (and fear).  If you love what you do and know how to leverage that into making a living then you will be greater than most people.  I think they will likely naturally go to a top school for what they want to study without me pushing it if they get what I'm teaching them.

I expect they achieve a number of things including the below before age 18.  The below are what wee work on constantly with them and will continue to do.  They have daily chores and discipline and responsibility are something we are constantly teaching them.

Learn good manners and strong morals.
Learn discipline and commitment - they follow through on a task.  Currently, they just started playing piano (I play) and I don't care if they hate it.  They are going to give it a good 2 years before they decide what's what (my kids are in early elementary grades)!
I supplement school work and they will read literature if not from school then assigned by me.  They will learn to read, write (ie spell) longhand - not just type on a keyboard.
Learn to have the good attitude of "I will and I can" in trying new things
Learn money management skills and shelve their expectations for instant gratification 
They find either a hobby, sport, art, academics, whatever they want but one subject matter they want to explore and commit to long-term whether they become professional at it or not.

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I am like this too. Is this really a tiger mom though? At one point it was just good parenting before everything became child led.[/quote]

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