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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm Indian and loved my childhood. I was tiger parented and coddled.

If I was studying in my room for a tough exam, my maid came up with my breakfast tray, lunch tray, tea & snacks tray, and then maybe I would go downstairs and relax with the family during dinner. My clothes were laundered/dry cleaned, perfectly ironed and brought up to my room in folded stacks, and then I'd put them away in my cupboard. I was loved, supported, and petted, and never disrespected my parents.

When I was stressed out during exam periods, there was a sense that the whole community supported you. Other kids were going through the same thing. There would be pujas (prayers) to the goddess of education and knowledge, and my grandparents, neighbors, school counselor, teachers, and other family friends would wish me good luck and understand my anxiety.

I'm grateful for my tiger parenting as well. I was slightly lazy, undisciplined and irresponsible in elementary school, and my parents kicked my ass into shape - but always with love. I was forced to get my act together and it paid off for me BIG TIME.

Sorry you think allowing a kid to eat in her room or instilling a love of learning and achieving in her is "weird" OP. I call that a blessing.[/quote]
I don't call this a normal childhood :roll: [/quote]

Right! Normal childhood here is divorced parents playing ping-pong with child custody, kids having sex when they are in school because they must date, doing poorly in school, being rude to their parents. 
 Gee, why would I even care what you have to say OP, if nothing in the way Americans raise their kids lead to them doing well in school, having stable marriages, taking care of their kids, having a good relationship with their relatives?

You raise your kid the way you want. I have my fingers crossed for your kid.

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