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sjhoot17 's review for:
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
by Amy Chua
3 3/4 stars
This is not a book all will love. As a lover of non-fiction, and a parent, I can see it for what it is. After all the hype, it is a good non-fiction book. She is not out to tell us that our Western ways are wrong. Even though she mostly discusses the "chinese way" she fully admits that other cultures have similar practices. We are all set in our ways of parenting and I am sure we've all been criticized at one time or another by our peers. We all publicly or privately compare our children to other children. The author openly talks of her faults as a parent and what she has learned from her kids. Would she have made any changes, probably not. Curious to know what how her kids will raise their children. Many of us are more like our parents than we wish to admit sometimes. Good for the author to put herself out there and stick by her thoughts.
This is not a book all will love. As a lover of non-fiction, and a parent, I can see it for what it is. After all the hype, it is a good non-fiction book. She is not out to tell us that our Western ways are wrong. Even though she mostly discusses the "chinese way" she fully admits that other cultures have similar practices. We are all set in our ways of parenting and I am sure we've all been criticized at one time or another by our peers. We all publicly or privately compare our children to other children. The author openly talks of her faults as a parent and what she has learned from her kids. Would she have made any changes, probably not. Curious to know what how her kids will raise their children. Many of us are more like our parents than we wish to admit sometimes. Good for the author to put herself out there and stick by her thoughts.