One problem in assessing the tiger-mothering approach is that we can’t separate its impact from that of the genes that the parents pass on to their children. If you want your children to be at the top of their class, it helps if you and your partner have the brains to become professors at elite universities.
评估虎妈理论的其中一个问题就是我们无法将这个手段与父母传给儿女的基因分割开来。如果你希望自己的孩子是优等生，而你们夫妇俩又是顶尖学府教授的话，那么这种方式确实大有裨益。除此之外就算虎妈如何严格管教，也不是每一个孩子都能成为班上头名的（除非把每个学生都选为“全班第一”）。