{"id":5132,"date":"2005-01-27T21:58:51","date_gmt":"2005-01-28T01:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=5132"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:56:02","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:56:02","slug":"the-three-virtues-of-effective-parenting-lessons-from-confucius-on-the-power-of-benevolence-wisdom-and-courage-by-shirley-yuen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/the-three-virtues-of-effective-parenting-lessons-from-confucius-on-the-power-of-benevolence-wisdom-and-courage-by-shirley-yuen\/","title":{"rendered":"The Three Virtues of Effective Parenting: Lessons from Confucius on the Power of Benevolence, Wisdom, and Courage by Shirley Yuen [in AsianWeek]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2005\/01\/Three-Virtues-of-Effective-Parenting.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-31076\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2005\/01\/Three-Virtues-of-Effective-Parenting.gif\" alt=\"Three Virtues of Effective Parenting\" width=\"445\" height=\"711\" \/><\/a>With all the endless shelves of parenting titles, why not tout one that champions Asian influences? One major diversion, however, from traditional discipline tactics attributed to Confucius: While the \u201cfamily cane\u201d might have worked for parents in China 5000 years ago, Yuen refers to corporal punishment as an \u201cunwise decision\u201d and in no way condones physical violence. For those of us who grew up with over-the-top strict Asian parents, that\u2019s welcome progress indeed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/08\/asianweek-2005-01-27-new-and-notable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;New and Notable Books,&#8221; <em>AsianWeek<\/em>, January 27, 2005<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2004<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4395\" title=\"Three Virtues of Effective Parenting\" src=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/07\/three-virtues-of-effective-parenting.jpg\" alt=\"Three Virtues of Effective Parenting\" width=\"121\" height=\"193\" \/>With all the endless shelves of parenting titles, why not tout one that champions Asian influences? One major diversion, however, from traditional discipline tactics attributed to Confucius: While the \u201cfamily cane\u201d might have worked for parents in China 5000 years ago, Yuen refers to corporal punishment as an \u201cunwise decision\u201d and in no way condones physical violence. For those of us who grew up with over-the-top strict Asian parents, that\u2019s welcome progress indeed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/08\/asianweek-2005-01-27-new-and-notable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;New and Notable Books,&#8221; <em>AsianWeek<\/em>, January 27, 2005<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2004<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,20,27,6535],"tags":[3598,6608,59,10,39,3665,3666],"class_list":["post-5132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adult-readers","category-nonfiction","category-pan-asian-pacific-american","category-repost","tag-asianweek","tag-bookdragon","tag-cultural-exploration","tag-family","tag-parent-child-relationship","tag-shirley-yuen","tag-three-virtues-of-effective-parenting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Three Virtues of Effective Parenting: Lessons from Confucius on the Power of Benevolence, Wisdom, and Courage by Shirley Yuen [in AsianWeek] - BookDragon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/the-three-virtues-of-effective-parenting-lessons-from-confucius-on-the-power-of-benevolence-wisdom-and-courage-by-shirley-yuen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Three Virtues of Effective Parenting: Lessons from Confucius on the Power of Benevolence, Wisdom, and Courage by Shirley Yuen [in AsianWeek] - BookDragon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With all the endless shelves of parenting titles, why not tout one that champions Asian influences? 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