My sister and I are both raising kids now and we cannot agree on whether our parents' strict approach damaged us or saved us — she's doing gentle parenting and I'm more traditional and our kids are cousins who see the difference and ask questions we don't know how to answer.
More people experience this than they realize.
Adult children are trying to make sense of their upbringing while their own parenting choices become a referendum on their shared past.
“Where Are You with Tiger parenting — East Asian model examined?”
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