作者：甘佳怡

Recently I have learnt that there has been a heated discussion on Amy chua’s educational mode. Most of people consist that the way she treated her two daughters were too cruel and deprived children’s freedom and fun. While some others believed that only with the strict standards can children become excellent enough.

Some considered that it is because young children are nonjudgmental and lack of self-control, parents’ motivation is particularly important. Generally,  advantages being under parents’ control can be seen obviously. Children are likely to be lazy and easy to give up, if parents just let them ,what the children have learnt or done will be left unfinished. They finally do a thing by halves. Things will be different under parents’ urge. Besides, childhood is the prime time to develop interests and abilities. Chua was brought up in a harsh educational system, so that she treated her children in way that she has received. She believed that system not only can lead her to success, but also it was suitable to her daughter.

In my opinion, I think Chua’s methods which she educated her daughters were really difficult to accept for public. She set a lot of rules to limit her children. For example she didn’t allow girls to have a playdate or get any grade less than an A. she requested them to practice the violin and piano for hours everyday, even during vocations and holidays. Although her children were at the age of six or seven, Chua has forced them to learn much ,work hard and do everything perfectly. If girls didn’t reach her expectation, what they would receive was their mother’s excoriation or even punishment. From my point of view, Chua asked for too much and expected too much from her little girls. Everyone only has one chance to enjoy childhood. It is necessary for the girls to own more time to have fun during their childhood.

    Whether the way Amy the way Amy Chua educated her children is worth to be appreciated? The answer depends on your expectation of life.