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A review by dtd
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
4.0
I found this book to be really interesting. I did not like the mother at all(she was certainly way over the top), but at the same time found myself wishing I pushed my own kids (a little) harder.
I think the mother in the story feels like what people will find disagreeable about her is how she pushed her kids and verbally abused them. Personally she disgusted me as I feel like she is so entirely prejudiced against western families (odd since her husband is Jewish-American-he apparently is exempted because of his 'genius'). There are repeated comments about stereotypes of junk-food eating white people who don't care enough to push their kids to try.
It seems like she is telling her story so that people understand her and the Tiger moms better, but she doesn't seem to have tried to understand western families at all.
I think the mother in the story feels like what people will find disagreeable about her is how she pushed her kids and verbally abused them. Personally she disgusted me as I feel like she is so entirely prejudiced against western families (odd since her husband is Jewish-American-he apparently is exempted because of his 'genius'). There are repeated comments about stereotypes of junk-food eating white people who don't care enough to push their kids to try.
It seems like she is telling her story so that people understand her and the Tiger moms better, but she doesn't seem to have tried to understand western families at all.