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libvin96 's review for:
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
by Amy Chua
Another book made it into the 24 Hour Club. I blasted through this. It was SO interesting. This memoir helped me understand the inner mental logic of tiger mothers and the cultural differences between Western and Asian parenting. It made me check myself from simplified judgments of other cultures' methods of childrearing. I'm really curious now about how her daughters' personalities ended up so different and to what extent growing up in the United States influenced Lulu but not Sophia. Are siblings' personalities always subject to a degree of randomization? I also think it is worth exploring the huge impact that Mrs. Chua's family's wealth has on this story. The fact that she and her husband were able to drop thousands of dollars on every opportunity for their daughters is worth examining. I'm interested in researching tiger moms in less affluent backgrounds too and seeing the differences. I still disagree with the author's method of parenting profoundly and wish she weren't so simplistic and dismissive of Western parenting, but I think this memoir is a fascinating, revelatory conversation starter and it is important that her story is read.