Does Tiger Parenting Work? | Psychology Today
Does Tiger parenting work?
The short answer is no. The results are correlational by necessity; the researchers couldn't very well randomly assign people to different parenting styles. But they are suggestive. The authors summarize their findings this way:
"Compared with the supportive parenting profile, a tiger parenting profile was associated with lower GPA and educational attainment, as well as less of a sense of family obligation; it was also associated with more academic pressure, more depressive symptoms, and a greater sense of alienation. The current study suggests that, contrary to the common perception, tiger parenting is not the most typical parenting profile in Chinese American families, nor does it lead to optimal adjustment among Chinese American adolescents."
no wonder, really..