>Don't know what to tell you, other than that the whole piece just reeks of compulsive status signalling.
some cultures expect status signaling, a parent who does not do it is thought to be ashamed of the kids, and so the kids must not be very good. Some other cultures use it as a "language of love" to their children, encouraging them further. Some other cultures don't speak positively or much at all (ever hear about the old Swedish farmer who loved his wife soooo much he almost told her?) And even in those cultures there is a way to express pride or not express it, it's calibration.
Culture needs translation just like language. You can still read between the lines of the pride and learn something about what the parent is doing and how it's working. We don't have to like everybody we work with, everybody who teaches us, etc. in order to learn from them.
some cultures expect status signaling, a parent who does not do it is thought to be ashamed of the kids, and so the kids must not be very good. Some other cultures use it as a "language of love" to their children, encouraging them further. Some other cultures don't speak positively or much at all (ever hear about the old Swedish farmer who loved his wife soooo much he almost told her?) And even in those cultures there is a way to express pride or not express it, it's calibration.
Culture needs translation just like language. You can still read between the lines of the pride and learn something about what the parent is doing and how it's working. We don't have to like everybody we work with, everybody who teaches us, etc. in order to learn from them.