It reads like we're having a child-off between exceptionally gifted Chinese children, and exceptionally gifted American children. What about normal children?
I'd love to see these anecdotes turned into evidence.
You missed the point. There is no anecdotal evidence in this article.
She is trying to say that the difference between her kids and the chinese children are that her kids turned out to be "gifted" without pressure from her to succeed. Chinese children are "gifted" as a result of strict and never-satisfied parents. She's saying that if her children turned out to be just average, it sounds like she would be perfectly fine with that, as long as her kids were happy.
The main point of the article is that american kids are given more freedom to explore their true interests and aren't formed into the model ivy-league applicant.
I'd love to see these anecdotes turned into evidence
That's not going to happen. This is a pissing contest between Olympic level pissers.
Me, I'd like to see these two families in a wrestling match - just the mothers and daughters obviously, the fathers don't seem to have much of a competitive streak.
The American mom and daughter would win. She's a world class Judoka and her daughter won an Olympic Judo bronze medal and is going into MMA. Probably need a more neutral event then wrestling :)
She is trying to say that the difference between her kids and the chinese children are that her kids turned out to be "gifted" without pressure from her to succeed. Chinese children are "gifted" as a result of strict and never-satisfied parents. She's saying that if her children turned out to be just average, it sounds like she would be perfectly fine with that, as long as her kids were happy.
The main point of the article is that american kids are given more freedom to explore their true interests and aren't formed into the model ivy-league applicant.