Credit to their dad and these kids who achieved these early results. As noted, genetics could factor into aptitude at such a young age—I’m curious (if not skeptical) whether this system is reproducible in many children of the same age. The following excerpts in conjunction made me cringe a little bit:
I really, really thought I was pushing too hard; I had no desire to be a “tiger dad”, but he took it with extreme grace. I was ready to stop at any moment, but he was fine.
Hannah went through a phase where she didn’t want to do it. We tried to compromise and work through it. Eventually, it became part of her “job”—we told her that every human has a job, and her job was to do Anki. Other than that, we never had to coerce any of the kids.
But that’s more a personal values issue, and I’m in no position to judge parenting styles. Congrats again to this family, and I hope Anki is useful for other families.
It sounds quite intense, though I’m hesitant to describe it as “too hard” as I don’t know how children should be reared. The cringing was more at what I perceive as some cognitive dissonance, with “I didn’t want to be a tiger parent” coinciding with informing them they didn’t really have a choice because it was their job (I don’t see the compromise there, nor do I put much stock in a 3-5 year old’s ability to negotiate compromises, though these do sound like extraordinary children). But my views are strongly influenced by my upbringing which was a very hands off, “do what you enjoy” mentality. That could be a terrible approach. Internally I grapple with what the appropriate level of parental guidance is, to the extent that can be ascertained… [Narrator: It can’t.]
Credit to their dad and these kids who achieved these early results. As noted, genetics could factor into aptitude at such a young age—I’m curious (if not skeptical) whether this system is reproducible in many children of the same age. The following excerpts in conjunction made me cringe a little bit:
But that’s more a personal values issue, and I’m in no position to judge parenting styles. Congrats again to this family, and I hope Anki is useful for other families.
Did you think they were going too easy on their children or too hard? Or some orthogonal values mismatch?
It sounds quite intense, though I’m hesitant to describe it as “too hard” as I don’t know how children should be reared. The cringing was more at what I perceive as some cognitive dissonance, with “I didn’t want to be a tiger parent” coinciding with informing them they didn’t really have a choice because it was their job (I don’t see the compromise there, nor do I put much stock in a 3-5 year old’s ability to negotiate compromises, though these do sound like extraordinary children). But my views are strongly influenced by my upbringing which was a very hands off, “do what you enjoy” mentality. That could be a terrible approach. Internally I grapple with what the appropriate level of parental guidance is, to the extent that can be ascertained… [Narrator: It can’t.]