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"The claim is implausible (if such parenting can make the kids neurotic ..." The claim that the parenting style causes kids to be neurotic is exactly what the
by ckuehne 16y ago
"The claim is implausible (if such parenting can make the kids neurotic ..."
The claim that the parenting style causes kids to be neurotic is exactly what the OP argues to be false (see yummyfajita's sister comment).
- zeteo 16y agoThe article does not, in my reading at least, address whether "tiger mothers'" children are likely to become neurotic. But it has been a very widespread claim in the aftermath of Chua publishing her views, and perhaps the main line of attack on those views. I just wanted to point out that acceptance of the "neurotic" line, which seems to be quite common, implicitly disagrees with the main point of Caplan's article.
- yummyfajitas 16y agoI believe the article implicitly says they are not likely to become neurotic, or at least not neurotic in a manner that rises to the level of "not fine": "I strongly suspect that Chua's daughters will turn out just fine. Indeed, they'll excel. That's what the children of two Yale professors usually do, however their parents raise them."