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-Alpha mom: Someone who stays at home and dedicate all their energy to their children, shepherding them along a meticulously planned course.
-Beta moms: Someone who takes a casual approach toward child-rearing and often pursues their own interests
South Koreans looked to Ms. Kim for revenge, and she delivered, ending Japan’s two-year reign in global figure skating. Her triumph has made her a national celebrity, showered with endorsement offers and praised by politicians for “giving the people hope in a difficult time.”
South Koreans also have focused on the person they believe, more than anyone else, made it all possible: Ms. Kim’s mother, Park Mee-hee.
“I majored in Yu-na,” Ms. Park wrote in a memoir that has become a best-seller. “For Yu-na, I studied harder than when I was in school. I devoted myself to her more passionately than when I was in love.”
Twelve years ago, when a coach told her that her 6-year-old daughter showed talent in skating, Ms. Park embarked on her singled-minded quest. She abandoned her own painting lessons, stopped attending community meetings and restructured the family budget. All family resources were to be applied toward making Ms. Kim a star. When Ms. Kim recently moved to Canada, where she trains most of the year, Ms. Park followed, leaving her husband behind. “Helping my child develop her talent is my destiny,”
Now she’s widely considered a strong contender for a gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Ms. Kim said she hadn’t planned her life beyond the Olympics next year. But of one thing she is sure.
“I wouldn’t let my daughter take up figure skating,” she said, when asked whether she would follow her own mother’s path. “I know how hard this life is.”
'Slacker Moms' urge other mothers to chill
There's a backlash brewing among the Other Mothers. They, too, love their kids and want to raise them right.
But unlike the much-hyped Alpha Moms, whose desire to be The Perfect Mom sometimes leads them to excess in the name of excellence, the laid-back mothers are gaining ground.
"It's a different version of the Mommy Wars," says Sharon Hays, a sociology professor at the University of Southern California-Los Angeles.
The original Mommy Wars focused on the ideological battle between stay-at-home mothers and mothers in the workforce. This newest skirmish is more about personal parenting styles.
The so-called Alpha Mom is a marketing creation, the Super Mom of yesteryear with a few new twists. Alphas are educated, can-do types whose organizational skills bring a corporate mentality to their parenting and a technological agility to their problem-solving. These high achievers will often surf the Web and blogs for advice. They've also gotten plenty of media attention.
But sociologists, including Melinda Forthofer of the Institute for Families in Society at the University of South Carolina-Columbia, say there's no evidence Alphas are actually better mothers.
And now an anti-Alpha movement is taking hold. Those moms have it together sometimes. They may forget to send back permission slips or lose track of their turn for team snacks. They don't necessarily have the catchy name, though some call themselves Beta Moms or even Slacker Moms as they urge their peers to chill.
Some, including former CBS TV news anchor René Syler, have written books advising the Alphas to lighten up.
"Our children are people — not projects," says Syler, 44, of Westchester County, N.Y. "Motherhood is not a contest."
"We get to the finish line. It's OK to chill out a little bit and let your kids be independent, and individuals, and revel in who they are," says Syler, author of Good-Enough Mother: The Perfectly Imperfect Book of Parenting.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/world/asia/10iht-skater.html?scp=2&sq=Alpha%20mom%20beta&st=cse
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-05-08-alpha-beta-moms_N.htm
shepherd: 지키다, 감시하다
meticulously: 작은 일에 신경을 써서, 세심하게, 꼼꼼하게
backlash: 반발, 저항
QUESTION
1. Why do you think this sort of ‘Mommy’s war’ happen?
2. Think of your parents.
Let’s share which kind of parents they’ve been and how they’ve raised you.
3. To members whose parents are Alpha kind:
Have you ever been against your parents because of their way of raising you?
To members whose parents are Beta kind:
Have you ever wanted your parents to care or organize you?
4. Suppose you have children. Which kind of parents do you want to be?
Why? How? (Be specific.)
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-Beta moms: Someone who takes a casual approach toward child-rearing and often pursues their own interests
South Koreans looked to Ms. Kim for revenge, and she delivered, ending Japan’s two-year reign in global figure skating. Her triumph has made her a national celebrity, showered with endorsement offers and praised by politicians for “giving the people hope in a difficult time.”
South Koreans also have focused on the person they believe, more than anyone else, made it all possible: Ms. Kim’s mother, Park Mee-hee.
“I majored in Yu-na,” Ms. Park wrote in a memoir that has become a best-seller. “For Yu-na, I studied harder than when I was in school. I devoted myself to her more passionately than when I was in love.”
Twelve years ago, when a coach told her that her 6-year-old daughter showed talent in skating, Ms. Park embarked on her singled-minded quest. She abandoned her own painting lessons, stopped attending community meetings and restructured the family budget. All family resources were to be applied toward making Ms. Kim a star. When Ms. Kim recently moved to Canada, where she trains most of the year, Ms. Park followed, leaving her husband behind. “Helping my child develop her talent is my destiny,”
Now she’s widely considered a strong contender for a gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Ms. Kim said she hadn’t planned her life beyond the Olympics next year. But of one thing she is sure.
“I wouldn’t let my daughter take up figure skating,” she said, when asked whether she would follow her own mother’s path. “I know how hard this life is.”
'Slacker Moms' urge other mothers to chill
There's a backlash brewing among the Other Mothers. They, too, love their kids and want to raise them right.
But unlike the much-hyped Alpha Moms, whose desire to be The Perfect Mom sometimes leads them to excess in the name of excellence, the laid-back mothers are gaining ground.
"It's a different version of the Mommy Wars," says Sharon Hays, a sociology professor at the University of Southern California-Los Angeles.
The original Mommy Wars focused on the ideological battle between stay-at-home mothers and mothers in the workforce. This newest skirmish is more about personal parenting styles.
The so-called Alpha Mom is a marketing creation, the Super Mom of yesteryear with a few new twists. Alphas are educated, can-do types whose organizational skills bring a corporate mentality to their parenting and a technological agility to their problem-solving. These high achievers will often surf the Web and blogs for advice. They've also gotten plenty of media attention.
But sociologists, including Melinda Forthofer of the Institute for Families in Society at the University of South Carolina-Columbia, say there's no evidence Alphas are actually better mothers.
And now an anti-Alpha movement is taking hold. Those moms have it together sometimes. They may forget to send back permission slips or lose track of their turn for team snacks. They don't necessarily have the catchy name, though some call themselves Beta Moms or even Slacker Moms as they urge their peers to chill.
Some, including former CBS TV news anchor René Syler, have written books advising the Alphas to lighten up.
"Our children are people — not projects," says Syler, 44, of Westchester County, N.Y. "Motherhood is not a contest."
"We get to the finish line. It's OK to chill out a little bit and let your kids be independent, and individuals, and revel in who they are," says Syler, author of Good-Enough Mother: The Perfectly Imperfect Book of Parenting.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/world/asia/10iht-skater.html?scp=2&sq=Alpha%20mom%20beta&st=cse
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-05-08-alpha-beta-moms_N.htm
shepherd: 지키다, 감시하다
meticulously: 작은 일에 신경을 써서, 세심하게, 꼼꼼하게
backlash: 반발, 저항
QUESTION
1. Why do you think this sort of ‘Mommy’s war’ happen?
2. Think of your parents.
Let’s share which kind of parents they’ve been and how they’ve raised you.
3. To members whose parents are Alpha kind:
Have you ever been against your parents because of their way of raising you?
To members whose parents are Beta kind:
Have you ever wanted your parents to care or organize you?
4. Suppose you have children. Which kind of parents do you want to be?
Why? How? (Be specific.)
이 글은「대학연합영어토론동아리」www.pioneerclub.com에서 제공하는 영어토론 정보입니다.
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