![]() Chua's efforts "not to raise a soft, entitled child" will strike American readers as a little scary-removing her children from school for extra practice, public shaming and insults, equating Western parenting with failure-but the results, she claims somewhat glibly in this frank, unapologetic report card, "were hard to quarrel with." (Jan. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother Paperback Decemby Amy Chua (Author) 3,410 ratings Goodreads Choice Award nominee See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 13.47 Other new, used and collectible from 1. Sophia, the eldest, was dutiful and diligent, leapfrogging over her peers in academics and as a Suzuki piano student Lulu was also gifted, but defiant, who excelled at the violin but eventually balked at her mother's pushing. Chua and her Jewish husband (both are professors at Yale Law) raised two girls, and her account of their formative years achieving amazing success in school and music performance proves both a model and a cautionary tale. Amy Chua's hugely controversial guide to successful parenting, Chinese style, is a tick-list of rights and unacknowledged wrongs. What they are, however, are different from what she sees as indulgent and permissive Western parents: stressing academic performance above all, never accepting a mediocre grade, insisting on drilling and practice, and instilling respect for authority. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua review. ![]() ![]() Chua promotes what has traditionally worked very well in raising children: strict, Old World, uncompromising values-and the parents don't have to be Chinese. Chua (Day of Empire) imparts the secret behind the stereotypical Asian child's phenomenal success: the Chinese mother. ![]()
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