# Tiger Moms **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 8, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-moms/962549 "2022-04-08T22:35:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2022, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-moms/962549/10 "2022-04-09T10:34:08Z")
In my experience, 90% the kids have very positive feelings about their parents. I wore a post about this years ago, but I can’t find it. Basically, the attitude is “Westerners are too lazy to stop their own children from walking off a cliff, what the fuck is wrong with them?”. Your traditional “tiger mom” works harder than her kids do on their success, and she does it because she wants them to be prosperous and safe. It can be deeply problematic and toxic, don’t get me wrong. All cultures have toxic parents. But the Western attitude of “I drop my kid off at school every day, and ground them if they get below a B on their report card. That’s the extent of my role in their education. The rest is their choice” is not always a healthy viewpoint, either. ETA: found the link. > [@'Whiteness' Chart at the Smithsoniam Museum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiteness-chart-at-the-smithsoniam-museum/915636/18): > > The presentation is terrible and ineffective. But there are some good and important ideas here. It’s not about whether or not the scientific method is “true”, but rather how you think the world works. And there are some huge cultural differences. Over the years, I’ve taught a lot of Asian students, especially South Asian, and one thing I’ve gradually come to appreciate is within the terms of South Asian culture, White America is a bunch of selfish asshole parents who don’t love their kids. An… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-moms/962549)._