Confessions of a Tiger Dad

I am trying to renounce my stern ways and be a Panda Dad - that is, have a good time and deep relationship with my sons

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I am a reforming Tiger Dad. I used to religiously send my two boys to holiday enrichment camps and buy armfuls of assessment books and school examination papers for the kids to work through.

To get them to comply with my Tiger Dad demands, there was plenty of screaming, threatening and nagging.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on June 16, 2019, with the headline Confessions of a Tiger Dad. Subscribe