Push Your Child or Yourself? Which Type of Parent Are You?

In Singapore, parents start competing in their children’s education from a very young age. Currently, there are three main types of parents. 1. Pushing the Child (“Tiger mom”) 2. Pushing Both the Child and Themselves 3. Working Hard for Themselves, Letting Their Children Grow Up Happily: Which type of parent are you? Are You Trading Stocks to Better Support Your Child’s Education?

avatarBonta
2024-08-16
Wow. Timing of this question is great. Singapore recently completed phase 2c of primary school entry. Many parents place extraordinary focus on making sure that their children enter into top schools. They shift homes by buying million dollar properties. By volunteering in schools and communities just to let their kids have that little bit of edge into entering a top school. Excessive and crazy? There are many who believe that pushing their children hard will give them that edge in life to do well in future. These are the so called tiger mums. I am honestly a failure of sg education system, I score poorly in school, nearly kicked out of university. Whereas my wife was a top student, who score As. Guess who is doing better now. [Cool] I believe in letting my child grow and find her intere
avatarhighhand
2024-08-16
it's always good to push yourself to the limit and impart the good habit to your kids. good things must share. why not?
avatarTheStrategist
2024-08-16
Liberal parents?
avatarSuccess88
2024-08-16
I let my child to have freedom and let him study himself. So far he is very sensible and know the importance of study and getting a great result. On and off I will share him about investing , money matter and he told me next time he want to use his saving to buy S&P 500 and his dream is to become finance manager or stock trader 😀 @Tiger_comments @SR050321 @MHh @HelenJanet @Fenger1188
avatarBenjiFuji
2024-08-16
I’d give option 4, work hard and lead by example. [Cool]
avataricycrystal
2024-08-16
$Tiger Brokers(TIGR)$   I think pushing oneself is good but if pushed too much it can cause more harm than good. if you or child have tried their best then it's good work. no need to put more pressure in this already stressed life... [What]  @Aqa @GoodLife99 @Universe宇宙 @rL
avataricycrystal
2024-08-16
I think pushing oneself is good but if pushed too much it can cause more harm than good. if you or child have tried their best then it's good work. no need to put more pressure in this already stressed life... [What] @Aqa @GoodLife99 @Universe宇宙 @rL @
avatarTiger_comments
2024-08-16

Push Your Child or Yourself? Which Type of Parent Are You?

In Singapore, parents start competing in their children’s education from a very young age. Currently, there are three main types of parents: $Tiger Brokers(TIGR)$ Pushing the Child (“Tiger mom”):Tiger mom generally refers a form of strict parenting, whereby parents are highly invested in ensuring their children's success.Last week, at Paris Olympics discussion, some tigers mentioned that they are planning to enroll their child in sport classes right now, aiming for them to become the next Olympic champion.Pushing Both the Child and Themselves:Some mothers set high standards for themselves as well. In our community, we've seen mothers who are active in the stock market while also being strict with their children. For example, in previous Singapore’
Push Your Child or Yourself? Which Type of Parent Are You?