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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
by Amy Chua
This is basically one person’s very well-hyped parenting memoir. There is nothing that brings out polarizing opinions more than the topic of parenting. Like it or not, it reflects on you, it consumes you, even if you try really hard to not let it be that way, which is probably why this book has gotten so much attention.
I don’t think there is anything wrong with expecting excellence from your children, plus you can hardly argue with her results, her daughters are incredibly accomplished in every area of their lives. On the most basic level, a person has to be able to take care of themselves, and that does mean a certain amount of achievement and success. Ultimately though, the Chua-Rubenfelds are obsessed with a specific type of status and success which is not going to guarantee happiness, but she is the first to admit that happiness for her children is not really her goal. Her anecdotes are fascinating and I completely admire Amy Chua’s willingness to be so open and honest about her parenting challenges, she’ll be opening herself to a lot of criticism from judgey mommies everywhere. I found her obsessive methods to be not that different from the millions of super intense hockey/figure skating/football/etc parents out there, maybe that is just the price of excellence?
This book is engaging, very well written, touching, and totally hilarious at times, worth the read. I don’t think this is a memoir worth purchasing though, there is nothing here that you will need to revisit.
I don’t think there is anything wrong with expecting excellence from your children, plus you can hardly argue with her results, her daughters are incredibly accomplished in every area of their lives. On the most basic level, a person has to be able to take care of themselves, and that does mean a certain amount of achievement and success. Ultimately though, the Chua-Rubenfelds are obsessed with a specific type of status and success which is not going to guarantee happiness, but she is the first to admit that happiness for her children is not really her goal. Her anecdotes are fascinating and I completely admire Amy Chua’s willingness to be so open and honest about her parenting challenges, she’ll be opening herself to a lot of criticism from judgey mommies everywhere. I found her obsessive methods to be not that different from the millions of super intense hockey/figure skating/football/etc parents out there, maybe that is just the price of excellence?
This book is engaging, very well written, touching, and totally hilarious at times, worth the read. I don’t think this is a memoir worth purchasing though, there is nothing here that you will need to revisit.