Ivy Dreams, Sophie, Part 1 and Part 2 (2010)
This video shows Sophie’s daily life during her high school year where she was preparing for college admission. Sophie's family came to America because her dad wanted his daughter to go to one of the Ivy schools so that he can prove to his parents how great his daughter is. However, Sophie was getting so much stress from her dad since he had so much restriction around Sophie such as not allowing her to go outside and hang out with her friends. Sophie said, “I don’t understand how I have to stay home so many weekends. There is always to be this, study that, don’t want to be you! Just have to study,” while her parents say, “we want her to be happy but we can’t just say okay just do whatever. I will try my best to send my kid to one of Ivy schools no matter how expensive they are.” Tiger parenting challenges a child’s emotional state, while simultaneously pushing them to “achieve more”, or to “do better.” Since tiger parents only concern about academic results, they may hinder children’s possible achievements in other aspects, make their child psychologically traumatized, lower self-esteem and self-confidence, and unstable emotional problems. Children under rigorous parenting styles not only perform badly in academic performance and had high levels of depression but also it may damage family relationships and children’s social skills since they might have less time to communicate with others as most of their time is invested in studies. This video directly related to one of my research from Karin Fischer who explored Abby’s journey where she put so many efforts for her daughter to send across the globe for better education and life. The decision Abby’s parents made to send their child across the globe for better education and life is a big challenge that comes with responsibility and fear. One lesson I learned was that many parents are willing to make a sacrifice for their children to have a better future even if they have to give up on their dreams. Parents want their children to experience a broader world that they have never experienced before. It is important to note that parents also have dreamed about something such as learning new languages, traveling around and buying stuff that they like. Getting away from a raising a child, they can become very ambitious about themselves but, most of parents decide to give up on their dreams but to support whatever their child do because they are parents. Although an abusive style of parenting can lead to successful children when nature and nurture are working hand in hand, it may affect child's emotional status negatively. The goal of raising a child is to ensure that their happiness and want them to succeed in their lives cohesively.
I think this is the "tiger parenting" video, and it speaks to that problem of "autonomy" that students need to negotiate with parents -- especially Tiger parents.....
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