I actually wrote this article in 2006 when I titled it, “An Asian Adult Child’s Guide to Reclaiming Your Own Mind”. In light of the recent “Chinese Mothers are Superior” article, I thought I’d share how ANY adult children who have been programmed for self-hatred can begin to reclaim themselves as human beings. If you [...]
Children and Teenagers
Why Chinese Mothers are Superior, Wall street journal saturday edition. The marketing tactic that aims to generate publicity for Amy Chua’s book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Well, it sure worked! A ton of blog responses and over 2000 comments on WSJ at this point. OMG! This was even hotter than the “Motrin Mom” [...]
OK, so yes, Chinese parents seem to produce obedient children who excel in academics. But I still don’t know why this model of beating or brainwashing their kids into submission is being touted as if it were the superior form of parenting. Maybe western or westernized parents do care a bit too much about their [...]
Sometimes I get reader emails about toxic families and emotional abuse related questions. Most of the time these are questions relating to ways of “breaking free” from those psychological chains. I think many of my site visitors can benefit from my answers, and to protect the askers’ identities I will only post my answers. I [...]
We’re big supporters of A Window Between Worlds, which uses art as a healing tool to help women and children in domestic violence situations. In recent years we’ve focused our giving specific to children’s programs – I believe that children are the key to breaking the chain of violence. I attended the “advocate huddle” last [...]
Wall Street Journal published on December 6, 2006 the article, “FDA: Antidepressants Lessen Risk of Suicidal Thoughts for Seniors”, stating that the FDA’s review of 372 clinical study data involving 11 antidepressants had shown that antidepressants may increase suicidal risk in adolescents, but this risk decreases in but that in older adults the risk declines. [...]
There also appears to be a socioeconomic link to this trend of increasing mental health problems in children, where poorer areas showed higher rates of mental health disorders. Unfortunately, these children may also not receive the care or treatment they need. Scotsman.com news noted an authority saying that Scotland has pockets of poverty stricken areas. [...]
