This was an article in the Toronto Star. I'm disappointed by it. It opens up so many points but then doesn't pursue them and just leaves me hanging there waiting for more.
It discusses one parent's view that the strict upbringing is the way to bring up kids. The article takes views of people responding positively or negatively to the original author.
What I would like to see is more research into the merits of a strict upbringing over a less strict one. A discussion of the advantages to the child would be good.
I don't think the text was very effective. It only wrote about the responses of different people to what the author wrote. It didn't try to give any background on the respondents, for one. It certainly showed their pinions but didn't put any context of the opinions within their backgrounds: were they born in China and moved to Canada; were they born in Canada? What are the results to the kids of the strict upbringing? Are they better able to face the world later in life? Is a strict upbringing harmful? These are all questions I wish the article had delved into but missed.
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