Just over six years ago, I decided I’d had enough of work. I saved some money, quit my job at New York Magazine, and decided to go traveling for a while. Then I got lucky—I made a contact at the New York Times travel section, and quickly found myself in freelance heaven. In the time …
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The Tantrum, Part 3: Should Your Babymama Be a “Chinese Mother”?
There has been so much written about Amy Chua’s preposterous, boastful Wall Street Journal article, “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior” that I am loathe to simply pile on top of the discussion. What I’d rather do is point to another Wall Street Journal article, this one from 1991, dateline San Francisco: At age 17, Kio …
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The Tantrum, Part 2: Should Your Babymama Be a ‘Chinese Mother’?
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 …
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The Tantrum, Taiwan Edition: Should Your Babymama Be a ‘Chinese Mother’?
Okay, this has nothing to do with our debate over the issue, but it’s fucking awesome nonetheless: the Taiwanese animation version!