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Review: "The Cooked Seed" by Anchee Min
When I started reading Anchee Min's latest memoir, "The Cooked Seed," I presumed there would be many commonalities between her life journey in America and mine. We both emigrated from Shanghai — Min came over to the United States as a student in...
Tags: Chicago Public Library, Oprah Winfrey, O'Hare International Airport, Holidays, China
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New Voices: Parents' job: Helping their kids learn to love learning
As students around the nation this month walk across the stage in their caps and gowns, receive their diplomas, and flash a bright smile to the cameras, most parents can't help but beam with pride at the accomplishments of their child. Graduation is a...Tags: Literature, Family, Arts and Culture
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Mystic Educator Comes Up With 'America's Answer to the Tiger Mother'
In the two years since Amy Chua's "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" caused a brouhaha in the parenting world, many books have been released in response to her strict principles. From comedy to irony, tragedy to self-help, titles such as "Tiger Babies...
Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Education
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Apodaca: The French way to tame a Tiger Mom
Is anyone else getting tired of being told that American parents are doing it all wrong? Last year it was Tiger Mom, and her somewhat enlightening but highly insulting opinions about lax, indulgent Western parents. Now we're treated to the newest...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Family
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Welcome to Printers Row!
Dear Members of Printers Row,
What a nice ring to that phrase!
On behalf of my colleagues here at the Chicago Tribune, I'm delighted to welcome you to this great new adventure: Printers Row.
This is the first of your weekly newsletters, and a step in...Tags: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth Taylor, Jeffrey Eugenides, Victory Gardens Theatre, Newspaper and Magazine
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42 free excerpts in Penguin's holiday sampler
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E-readers debut at Anne Arundel libraries
Electronic readers will make their debut this week at Anne Arundel County public libraries, when 200 e-readers become available for patrons to take home. E-reader technology allows a user to have hundreds of hours of reading materials on a portable,...Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Annapolis, World War II (1939-1945), Malcolm X, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Tribune recognizes the word well-written
Literary editorOn Nov. 3, 2002, Arthur Miller stepped up to the Armour Stage at Symphony Center, stood at the podium and read from his book "On Politics and the Art of Acting," in which he explored the American political stage. As inaugural winner of the Tribune...Tags: Marilyn Monroe, Music, Concerts, Entertainment, Elizabeth Taylor
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Parenting experts weigh in on 'Tiger Mother'
In "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" (Penguin Press, 2011), Yale Law School Professor Amy Chua describes child-rearing techniques that, as she puts it, "would seem unimaginable — even legally actionable — to Westerners."
Reacting to a...Tags: Psychology, The Salvation Army, Education, University of Minnesota, Christianity
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Earning her stripes
It's the Year of the Tiger — not according to the Chinese lunar calendar, but in the world of publishing.
"Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" by Amy Chua has made waves with an account of super-striving Chinese parenting. "The Tiger's Wife," a...Tags: Coconut, New York, Maryland, Colleges and Universities, Restaurants
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