Bitter Melon

Charlie Sheen, radiation and civil strife may be dominating the headlines in the US, but the now (in)famous “Tiger Mom” keeps popping up in the news like a nagging cough – a culmination, if you will, of Western anxiety over an ascendant China. At the time of writing, Chua and her husband were scheduled to give a talk the same day at the New York Public Library about parenting.

And as we reported earlier, former BeijingKids columnist Alan Paul has also been making waves lately with his book Big in China, a movie deal in the works and now a new post on the Wall Street Journal blogs aptly titled “Tiger Mom … Meet Panda Dad” in which he explains his “aversion to Tiger Parenting:”

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