Bra mamma, bra lärarinna
August 29th, 2012
The Guardian skriver om en blåsning av korkade kinesiska föräldrar, men nuddar även vid ett djupare problem – kinesiska föräldrars fixering vid att tävla med andra föräldrar om att ha det duktigaste och mest framgångsrika barnet.
Föräldraexperten 尹建莉 (Yǐn Jiànlì) vet dock bättre.
But parenting expert Yin Jianli, who urges families to value creativity and independence, said it was also time for fathers and mothers to grow up. She acknowledged that people worried about their sons’ and daughters’ futures, but added: “They won’t let their children have a proper break during holidays. They know very little about education and child-rearing, but they have a strong sense of being competitive. So they will just follow other parents blindly.” That was not just tough on the children, but counter-productive, she warned: “In the short term, kids will feel tired. In the long run, they will lose their interest in studying.”
Hade jag varit intresserad av föräldraskap hade jag köpt hennes bok.
Dagens kinesiska lektion:
Bra mamma, bra lärarinna
Hǎo māmā, hǎo lǎoshī
好妈妈，好老师