There was so much anti-China propaganda this week on DadWagon you’d have thought we’d have revealed our sponsorship by Falun Gong by now. Yes, we may have been justified in hating on our Sinitic brothers and sisters, but come on–where’s the fair and balanced? So this was one of those rare DadWagon weeks in which …
Continue reading “A Week on the Wagon: Asian Xenophobia Edition”
Or not. Or who cares? Ms. Chua did an interview that seemed to attempt to soften her image in advance of the publication of her book. And maybe she is a fine person–in fact I’m fairly certain she is–but I’m more interested in drawing your attention to the little tidbit of false equivalency at the …
Continue reading “Tiger Mom Actually Soft and Fuzzy Kitty Cat”
Despite co-founding a parenting blog that is ever-so-slightly better than its peer blogs, I’ve never considered myself an expert on raising kids. Far from it, in fact, and I readily concede that there are reams of kiddie-related things of which I remain blissfully unaware. For example, I’ve never watched “Yo Gabba Gabba!” (JP is a …
Continue reading “Bad Dads We love: Labyrinth Celebration Edition”
Some years back I attended a graduate school lecture with my then-girlfriend (whom I would later marry and have JP with) on Asian-American pyschology. To be clear: I don’t mean the mentality of Asian-Americans, but rather, the study of psychology in Asian-Americans and the development of ethnically specific treatments. The lecturer, a prominent researcher, related …
Continue reading “The Tantrum, Part 2: Should Your Babymama Be a ‘Chinese Mother’?”
