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Also worth reading is The Last Psychiatrist's response to the Chinese mothers article: http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2011/01/why_chinese_mothers_are_not_su.ht

by bhousel 16y ago

Also worth reading is The Last Psychiatrist's response to the Chinese mothers article: http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2011/01/why_chinese_mothers_are_not_su.html http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2011/01/why_chinese_mothers_a...

dkl 16y ago
I really love this guy's writing. He cuts through the layers of BS so well and exposes something closer to root causes better than anyone I've ever seen.
- bhousel 16y ago
  I agree.. I would submit more of The Last Psychiatrist to HN, but lately it's been auto killed by the new submission filter. The Last Psychiatrist reminds me a lot of Gary Brecher's War Nerd blog. Both offer a raw cut-through-the-BS point of view.
- tomjen3 16y ago
  Its pretty damn good, but the author is a she.
  - pchristensen 16y ago
    ?!?! I've read everything TLP wrote since someone else on HN recommended it a few months ago, and never did it cross my mind that it was written by a woman. I guess the pictures of hot girls threw me off.
    - tomjen3 16y ago
      Look under the picture of the hot girl. http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2010/12/taboos_are_the_ways_christians_1.html http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2010/12/taboos_are_the_ways_c... >... my husband said the same thing
      - rsheridan6 16y ago
        That's the caption to the pic - meant to be read in hot girl's voice, not TLP's.
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  - istjohn 16y ago
    No, it's definitely a he.
wglb 16y ago
Disagree. Seems to be a self-appointed authority playing parlor tricks: "I can tell you are resisting". Being a parent and having raised a couple of kids myself, the motive is not just for college, but to launch you better in life. Not all my siblings went to college, and those that didn't are what I would call well launched. I am not surprised this blog is auto-killed.
- bhousel 16y ago
  Haha, you don't have to agree! It's important to read that blog with a critical eye, even more so as it's laced with such strong opinion. I'm also not surprised that it's auto-killed.
mindblink 16y ago
I don't really agree with her response. Her critique that the singular goal of this parenting style is to get kids into a good college. To me, it seems like Chua's approach is to prepare her kids to have the skills (focus/discipline) to be successful in life. The blog's critique seems to be missing the point. The post could argue why Chua doesn't instead prepare her kids for blue collar skills, which would be the bigger issue of why blue collar skills are no longer valued in America any more, the way they are in Europe (but is rapidly changing).
- zasz 16y ago
  The Last Psychiatrist is a hard-drinking, womanizing man.

by bhousel 16y ago

dkl 16y ago

I really love this guy's writing. He cuts through the layers of BS so well and exposes something closer to root causes better than anyone I've ever seen.

bhousel 16y ago
I agree.. I would submit more of The Last Psychiatrist to HN, but lately it's been auto killed by the new submission filter. The Last Psychiatrist reminds me a lot of Gary Brecher's War Nerd blog. Both offer a raw cut-through-the-BS point of view.
tomjen3 16y ago
Its pretty damn good, but the author is a she.
- pchristensen 16y ago
  ?!?! I've read everything TLP wrote since someone else on HN recommended it a few months ago, and never did it cross my mind that it was written by a woman. I guess the pictures of hot girls threw me off.
  - tomjen3 16y ago
    Look under the picture of the hot girl. http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2010/12/taboos_are_the_ways_christians_1.html http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2010/12/taboos_are_the_ways_c... >... my husband said the same thing
    - rsheridan6 16y ago
      That's the caption to the pic - meant to be read in hot girl's voice, not TLP's.
  - deleted 16y ago
    [deleted]
- istjohn 16y ago
  No, it's definitely a he.

wglb 16y ago

Disagree. Seems to be a self-appointed authority playing parlor tricks: "I can tell you are resisting". Being a parent and having raised a couple of kids myself, the motive is not just for college, but to launch you better in life. Not all my siblings went to college, and those that didn't are what I would call well launched. I am not surprised this blog is auto-killed.

bhousel 16y ago
Haha, you don't have to agree! It's important to read that blog with a critical eye, even more so as it's laced with such strong opinion. I'm also not surprised that it's auto-killed.

mindblink 16y ago

I don't really agree with her response. Her critique that the singular goal of this parenting style is to get kids into a good college. To me, it seems like Chua's approach is to prepare her kids to have the skills (focus/discipline) to be successful in life. The blog's critique seems to be missing the point. The post could argue why Chua doesn't instead prepare her kids for blue collar skills, which would be the bigger issue of why blue collar skills are no longer valued in America any more, the way they are in Europe (but is rapidly changing).

zasz 16y ago
The Last Psychiatrist is a hard-drinking, womanizing man.