A Tale of Ambitions

Periwinkle
Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:14:28 +0000

I was hoping you’d join the discussion, Exie! I agree the OP should do some soul searching. There are many kids being groomed by parents. They won’t all reach the brass ring.

On the other hand, the “Tiger Mother” book comes to mind. Should the daughter have won admission to Harvard and Yale? Should she have been turned down by those schools, because her mother was so…Tiger-motherly? Or is it possible for a child to be a passionate, interesting, person, even if her mother’s trying to run her life?

By the way–I think the Hernandez book has done a huge amount of damage to American childhoods. I don’t think it’s healthy to be worrying about college admissions when a kid’s in elementary school.