Iris Chen: Untigering Parent

Iris Chen played by the rules of society and was a great success by society's standards, but felt that those achievements didn't mean anything at the end of the day. She is now on a journey of Untigering: which she defines as Gentle Parenting and Unschooling. She is a deconstructing Tiger Mom, and in the process, brings us along to question our own upbringing and how we parent our own children. Listen to our podcast as we talk about interesting parenting topics such as obedience, past trauma, achievement, and consent-based living. In our conversation, Iris touches on numerous topics: Obedience: how she initially defaulted to an authoritarian style of parenting and had a tendency to demand obedience. Acknowledging Past Trauma: It is very important to explore our own wounds, our past trauma, not for blaming purposes, but to move forward. Learning: Instead of focusing on content, we should be giving our children the skills for how to learn. Curating Own Lifestyle: How her family created the family and community culture they wanted. Achievement and expectation: We shouldn’t focus on the outward markers of achievement to prove that we’ve made it. Consent-based living: It’s about how to honour our children. Unschooling isn’t just about education. #sherryyuanhunter #sandwichparenting #consciousparenting #parentingwithcptsd #irischen #untigering #gentleparenting #deconstructingtigermom #consentbasedparenting #education #Asianparenting #unschooling #sandwichgeneration