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The 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 i
by zeteo 16y ago
The 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."