Pat gets a well-educated no-prize for bringing us news of a "how we do it" book whose subject is of deep interest to us right now:

In "Top of the Class" the Kim sisters advise parents who want successful children to raise them just as the Kims did - in strict households in which parents spend hours every day educating their children, where access to pop culture is limited, and where children are taught that their failures reflect poorly on the family.

But while this approach is common in many Asian countries and among many immigrant groups in the United States, it runs counter to an American culture that celebrates if not venerates self-expression and the freedom of youth. (This is, after all, the country that invented the teenager.)

Not so sure about "invented the teenager" part, but the rest makes it sound like the book is at least worth a look.