{"id":203,"date":"2011-05-20T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T09:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wordynerdy\/2011\/05\/tiger-moms-vs-barbie\/"},"modified":"2011-05-20T09:13:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T09:13:00","slug":"tiger-moms-vs-barbie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/wordynerdy\/2011\/05\/tiger-moms-vs-barbie\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Moms vs. Barbie"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large\">Once I learned how to see the stats on this blog, I became addicted to following how many folks are reading, from where, and with what frequency.\u00a0 So here\u2019s the latest:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large\"><br><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><u><b><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large\">Hits \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Post<\/span><\/b><\/u><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large\">365\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/plumbingdemons.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/are-chinese-mothers-are-superior.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Are Chinese Mothers Superior<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large\">197\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/plumbingdemons.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/all-you-need-to-know-about-barbie.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">All you need to know about Barbie Princess Cakes<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large\">176 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/plumbingdemons.blogspot.com\/2011\/01\/finally-read-book.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Finally read the book<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large\">162 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/plumbingdemons.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/big-kathylittle-kathy.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Big Kathy\/Little Kathy <\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large\">157\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/plumbingdemons.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/spiritual-formation-for-those-beset-by_29.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spiritual Formation for those Beset by Plumbing Demons<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartmoms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/tiger-mom.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iheartmoms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/tiger-mom.jpg\" width=\"200\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/putitintheoven.com\/cakes\/specialty\/barbie_princess_cake.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/putitintheoven.com\/cakes\/specialty\/barbie_princess_cake.jpg\" width=\"150\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large\">Tiger Moms win, but Barbie is slowly but surely making progress!\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large\"><br><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large\">In fact, when I just googled \u201cBarbie Princess Cakes\u201d my blog post was the last entry on the 1<\/span><sup><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large\">st<\/span><\/sup><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large\"> page.\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large\"><br><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large\">Hmmm.\u00a0 I suspect those who read the Tiger Mom articles might be very different from those who read about Barbie with her head wrapped in Saran.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large\"><br><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large\">Today I\u2019m not making a Barbie princess cake for Ling\u2019s birthday party even though my post on those cakes raised a lot of nostalgia in the family.\u00a0 Her friends demanded another cupcake decorating contest.\u00a0 So chocolate and coconut cupcakes are on tap, along with virgin pina coladas, pizza and Caesar salad.\u00a0 Plus yeasted waffles with fruit and whipped cream for breakfast.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large\"><br><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: large\">Time to 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