11 thoughts on “The Daily Moment of Pain”

  2. “Being a freaky parent is very profitable.”
    Also, having no dignity or boundaries can be very profitable.

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  3. The problem, though, as advice to give either your children or your friends is that you can sell out, be freaky, have no dignity or boundaries, and still not make a profit.
    And, then, of course, you’re left with no dignity and no profit.
    One of the articles says that the “Red light/Green light” program was used to modify the child’s diet, and briefly looking at it, it seems OK (i.e. no head games involved).
    Maybe the vogue article about Weiss will be like the wall street journal article about the tiger mom (i.e. wrapped in hype that picks out all the reality tv parts, like threatening to burn stuffed animals or dumping starbucks hot chocolate out) and not the central premise (eat healthy and in moderation, at least partially to look good and fit in and require your children to be productive strivers at young ages when they may not choose so for themselves, in order to achieve later goals).

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  4. I have to take the long view to remain sane. I’m hoping that at least by ten years out “tiger mom” etc. will be as obscure as Whitley Strieber is now as a recognizable name.
    … If you tell me Whitley Strieber is still an instantly recognizable name, I’ll just cry.

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  5. That’s interesting because Tiger Mom basically twisted the whole Suzuki violin and piano model — which says you should NEVER yell at your child while practicing, or compare their progress to other children. Kind of the way that this mom twisted the diet plan.

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  6. bj – that’s the risk, eh? Try to market the crazy and left with crazy and no payoff…
    Laura, I think the next book is the Russian grandparent from the previous post – Siberian Tiger Grandpa…

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  7. Just wait for my upcoming bestseller- the Oxen Kids: How to Raise Brilliant, Humble and Muscular Children with a Harness and Yard Chores.

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  8. “Just wait for my upcoming bestseller- the Oxen Kids: How to Raise Brilliant, Humble and Muscular Children with a Harness and Yard Chores.”
    Brilliant! Downside–no grandchildren.

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  9. Hey, I’m like the junk food version of the Tiger Mom. I punch my kids in the bicep when they get their math facts wrong. I throw shoes at them on a regular basis- mostly for interrupting during Dexter. I’ve blocked the Disney channel but let them watch Law and Order! Come on, I’m a bad mom, give me a book deal!!

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  11. “The problem, though, as advice to give either your children or your friends is that you can sell out, be freaky, have no dignity or boundaries, and still not make a profit.”
    Very true. Octomom, for instance, is not raking it in.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octomom
    (I’m very pleased to see that Suleman’s doctor has been kicked out of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine–he implanted 12 embryos at the same time.)

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