BUILDING A FOUNDATION FOR YOUR FAMILY (1 OF 6)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4-9
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Building a Foundation for Your Family (1 of 6)
Series: Crossfit: Moving from Spiritual Weakness to Spiritual Strength
Scott Maze
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Amy Chua made The New York Times bestseller list in 2011 for her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Chua is a mother of two girls, Sophia and Lulu. She is also a law professor at Yale Law School and is married to another professor at Yale Law School. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is a memoir of her journey in being a strict parent and by strict, she is in a category by herself.
''A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what these parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what it's like inside the family, and whether they could do it too. Well, I can tell them, because I've done it.''
She lists some of things her children were never allowed to do:
- attend a sleepover
- have a playdate
- be in a school play
- watch TV or play computer game
- get any grade less than an A
- not be the No. 1 student in every subject except gym and drama
- and play any instrument other than the piano or violin
And you thought your parents were strict? And she didn't just write a theory about raising kids this way, she and her husband, Jed, did it. Sophia and Louisa were pushed into remarkable levels of personal achievement. They have been soloists on piano and violin with international orchestras, performed at Carnegie Hall, and boasted incredible academic achievements. They are beautiful and poised young women. Yet, is she right to push her children so hard to be high achievers? Is this really what matters in life? What is a good mother? What are the best practices for excellent parents?
Series Introduction
We turn our attention to the family this morning and parenting in specific. We begin this morning a series entitled CrossFit: Moving from Spiritual Weakness to Spiritual Strength. This is a six-week series where Mother's ...
Series: Crossfit: Moving from Spiritual Weakness to Spiritual Strength
Scott Maze
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Amy Chua made The New York Times bestseller list in 2011 for her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Chua is a mother of two girls, Sophia and Lulu. She is also a law professor at Yale Law School and is married to another professor at Yale Law School. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is a memoir of her journey in being a strict parent and by strict, she is in a category by herself.
''A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what these parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what it's like inside the family, and whether they could do it too. Well, I can tell them, because I've done it.''
She lists some of things her children were never allowed to do:
- attend a sleepover
- have a playdate
- be in a school play
- watch TV or play computer game
- get any grade less than an A
- not be the No. 1 student in every subject except gym and drama
- and play any instrument other than the piano or violin
And you thought your parents were strict? And she didn't just write a theory about raising kids this way, she and her husband, Jed, did it. Sophia and Louisa were pushed into remarkable levels of personal achievement. They have been soloists on piano and violin with international orchestras, performed at Carnegie Hall, and boasted incredible academic achievements. They are beautiful and poised young women. Yet, is she right to push her children so hard to be high achievers? Is this really what matters in life? What is a good mother? What are the best practices for excellent parents?
Series Introduction
We turn our attention to the family this morning and parenting in specific. We begin this morning a series entitled CrossFit: Moving from Spiritual Weakness to Spiritual Strength. This is a six-week series where Mother's ...
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