A review by ecbpeterson
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua

3.0

The premise of this book can be summed up from a quote describing the parenting differences between the author's Chinese parenting style and her mother-in-law's Western parenting style: "Florence saw childhood as something fleeting to be enjoyed. I saw childhood as a training period, a time to build character and invest in the future" (p. 97). A quick, easy read. It does a good job detailing some of the flaws of Western parenting styles, although at some points I think the pendulum swings too far in the other direction (e.g., calling your children garbage for a trivial mistake).

One that for now I'll probably quickly forget, although I may re-read it after I have kids!