Da 4 Horsemen.
1/26/2011 6:54:00 PM
On Jan 26, 8:50 am, John Gordon <gor...@panix.com> wrote:
> Last night while waiting at the doctor's office I browsed through an issue
> of Time magazine and read an interesting article about "Tiger" mothers.
>
> A "Tiger" mother is one who places heavy demands on her children: excellent
> grades at school, long hours practicing piano/violin/etc, strict
> discipline, little or no "wasteful" activities (such as video games!),
> and so on.
>
> A "Tiger" mother may appear too harsh, but there is evidence that such an
> upbringing can result in a child who is capable, resourceful,
> self-confident, a hard worker, and generally in good shape for success as
> an adult.
>
> Another parenting style mentioned in the article was the "Helicopter"
> parent who constantly hovers around their child, whisking away any
> potential hardship or conflict, pampering the child, and generally making
> the child's life as easy and smooth as possible.
>
> Such a parent is seen as loving and nurturing, but it can also result in
> a child who is lazy, lacking in self-confidence, unmotivated, and generally
> "spoiled" and not positioned well for adult life.
>
> Being the Wow player that I am, I saw some parallels to the Wrath and
> Cataclysm expansions. Wrath was like a Helicopter: very easy heroic 5-man
> dungeons, easily available epics, 30% zone buff in ICC, faceroll Naxx,
> etc.
>
> Cataclysm is more like a Tiger: hard heroics, harder raids, scarce epics.
>
> Maybe Cataclysm is Blizzard's way of trying to be a "better parent"?
>
> Just a random thought on a boring Wednesday morning.
>
> --
> John Gordon A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs
> gor...@panix.com B is for Basil, assaulted by bears
> -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies"
Or it could be a third parenting style; where they beat their children
like a red headed step child. I would call this the "Ike Turner "
parenting style.