Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother - Book Review
Although I'd heard of the expression 'Tiger Mother' I didn't know much about the book that it came from. I somehow had missed the huge controversial debate that happened after it's release. 'Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother' by Amy Chua is, in her own words.... 'a story about a mother, two daughters, and two dogs. This was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones. But instead, it's about a bitter clash of cultures, a fleeting taste of glory, and how I was humbled by a thirteen-year-old' Amy, is Chinese - American, raised in the traditional strict Chinese way by her parents who immigrated to the USA before her birth. She chose to raise her two girls in the same way despite the extra difficulties of doing it in a country where it was considered unusual at best and at worst cruel. I deliberately didn't read anything online about the book before I received it, as I wanted to make up my own...