Amy Chua writes a memoir about how she raised her daughters in the "Chinese" (strict) parenting style vs. "Western" (lax) parenting style. They practice for hours on end and have to get great grades, etc. It is harsh and mean and borderline abusive, except not and she clearly loves her girls and is...
I read this a few years ago, when it first came out. I'm glad I reread it now that everyone's done screaming about what a horrifying monster Amy Chua is. All I remember about that first reading is feeling really, really ticked off about something that isn't even Chua's fault. My family homeschools o...
If you can imagine a 7-hour plane ride in which you're seated next to a shrill, drunk woman with an inflated ego and a full-blown case of Munchhausen's disease, then you have some idea of what this book is like.The book is an almost, but not quite, comedic farce. It's not just the author's outrageo...
Comments: The very nature of memoir sometimes makes it challenging to evaluate the story being told and not the person telling that story. Amy Chua makes it especially challenging with her parenting memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother; particularly in the audio version, which she reads herself, ...
I _adored_ this book. My eldest son insisted I read it, and I did, in one afternoon. I haven't laughed out loud so much at a book in years. I believe Ms. Chua's getting a bad rap from people who've only read excerpts. In its entirety it's a tale of love, parenting, expectations and society, but ...
The notion behind the author's "tiger parenting" is that parents know what's good for their children, and they need to be strict and expect nothing short of the best if their children are to be successful. The book was quite hilarious once you understand it's a satire, as Chua makes fun of her own "...
This book is an embarrassment. Is it really true? Probably. Many Chinese mothers are horrible mothers that didn't really benefit from the knowledge from child psychology or education theory.These Chinese mothers use the same old bad methods that their mothers use, with their mother-in-law approval.T...
January 2011: Just saw an item on the news about this book, and I have to admit I'm really curious. December 2011: Finally got this out of the library. Goodness knows why I put it off so long, cos it was a quick and easy read. I think the title is a bit misleading - "Confessions of a Tiger Mother" m...
Review first published on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2011/10/battle-hymn-of-tiger-mother.htmlBattle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is a much talked about, much written about, much discussed book on parenting - in the Chinese culture and in "western" cultures. In the context of her own ...
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