Western Parenting vs Eastern Parenting

[rooftopclown]

@Terry_B

Considering that 95% of the people who post here self-report having ADHD, I’m sort of surprised anybody made it through that post.

Post? What beer?

[anon96115109]

Nah she doesn’t physically do anything. They’re pretty chill. A little more regimented than I want at times but they’re more loose in the states. TW educated kids that come over here are pretty set up.

[anon38216271]

@anon96115109

Nah she doesn’t physically do anything. They’re pretty chill. A little more regimented than I want at times but they’re more loose in the states. TW educated kids that come over here are pretty set up.

Set up how? Not following.

[anon96115109]

They’re bilingual in Chinese and English in NYC, and because they’ve been put through the strict TW ed system school here seems easy for them. So in terms of job seeking/academic success it gives them a leg up bc they have good study habits.

I feel like the hardest thing about being a parent of TW kids in TW is keeping them on their toes creatively. That comes a lot more naturally here.

[TimesThree]

I don’t want to overgeneralize. I’ll just say that my priority is having children who are happy and satisfied with their lives. My Taiwanese wife is more about family obligations and helping out the clan.

[anon38216271]

@anon96115109

They’re bilingual in Chinese and English in NYC, and because they’ve been put through the strict TW ed system school here seems easy for them. So in terms of job seeking/academic success it gives them a leg up bc they have good study habits.

I feel like the hardest thing about being a parent of TW kids in TW is keeping them on their toes creatively. That comes a lot more naturally here.

I’m reading that you saying TW kids in the US have it easier because of the strict TW Ed system but keeping them creative in TW isn’t easy?

Creativity in the US? Hmmm depends on what’s creative. I don’t see US kids being creative. Creativity begs for a level of individuality that IMHO social media/internet has cramped. Unless that kid is in a high level school (upper middle class rich).

[anon96115109]

I’m just getting back to the US; I teach at a University. My students are definitely affected by social media but they’re surprisingly self aware of the negative aspects about it. If anything they catch me up on stuff.

re kids: I took them to see Lord Finesse in a park jam!

[crusher]

@Andrew0409

@marasan

That was my personal experience. But I went through lots of math problems with my daughter and things were not clicking.

I see. I guess maybe I’ll find out myself one day. I always felt ok with math, not amazing but I could easily get by any math class before some of the more difficult ones in university. But even in math some subjects I was clearly much better at than others.

For music, I don’t have it. I always had to put in a lot more time to keep up with other kids. Although music is still a large percentage based on practice and repetition imo. Natural ear and a feel for the beat is probably something somewhat innate. I suppose most things are somewhere on that line of innate ability and time put in.

I guess my main focus is to push children to strive for excellence in their work. Even if they’re not naturally good at something, I’d still want them to put in the work and not use it as an excuse to be lazy and mediocre at it.

Yes there is a LOT of repetition in music for nearly all, but a few can just pick it up by ear without having any formal teaching and even before the Internet existed. I don’t know how but they just can. Recent research has shown playing music is one of the most promising areas for recovery of brain damage caused by trauma. Playing a musical instruments helps to improve connectivity between the left and right hemispheres of the brain.

[Andrew0409]

@crusher

Playing a musical instruments helps to improve connectivity between the left and right hemispheres of the brain.

Yeah. I saw some evidence for this as well. That’s why I think it’s always positive to get your child into music. I personally wish I kept up playing the piano and cello. I hated it but now I love listening to it. Very sad.