Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother

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• Book Review: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua Share

  Whether you agree with Amy Chua's controversial ideas about parenting as outlined in her best selling apologia, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, two things seem incontrovertible. Either because of or in spite of those ideas, she and her husband manag ... (read full critics)

  blogcritics published on Fri, 20 May 2011

• Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua

  Amy Chua has firm beliefs about parenting. She brought up her two daughters, Sophia and Lulu, using a strict set of rules – including no sleepovers, no playdates, no school plays, no choice of extra curricular activity, no grades less than an A, and ... (read full critics)

  thebookbag published on Fri, 25 Feb 2011

5 Reviews

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  I don't think this is a book about which way of raising children, the Chinese parenting or the Western one, is better. Contrarily, I think this is a book about how a tough-minded mother could be so adapted, in order to figure out a way to help her rebellious kid to be a good girl. The mother-daughte ... (continue)

  I don't think this is a book about which way of raising children, the Chinese parenting or the Western one, is better. Contrarily, I think this is a book about how a tough-minded mother could be so adapted, in order to figure out a way to help her rebellious kid to be a good girl. The mother-daughter conflict always leads to growth: not only the growth of daughters, but also the growth of Moms.

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  Alveole Wu said on Apr 19, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  Surprise: it's not what you think!

  My hub gave me this book because he wanted to show me what a stresfull mother I can be. He wanted to offer me a mirror image to myself in order for me to be shocked and to learn how to be a good mother. Well, this book was a fantastic surprise: Amy Chua actually revised her raising method and joined ... (continue)

  My hub gave me this book because he wanted to show me what a stresfull mother I can be. He wanted to offer me a mirror image to myself in order for me to be shocked and to learn how to be a good mother. Well, this book was a fantastic surprise: Amy Chua actually revised her raising method and joined to very different conclusions from those she has been "accused" of. I really loved this book!

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  Clara Mazzi said on Dec 5, 2011 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  Although I do not agree with the way Amy Chua raised her daughters, (I'm soooo Western!) I did gain a bit of understanding about why she chose to raise them the way she did. While I think that her methods were harsh and possibly painful to her daughters, I did feel that she had her daughters best in ... (continue)

  Although I do not agree with the way Amy Chua raised her daughters, (I'm soooo Western!) I did gain a bit of understanding about why she chose to raise them the way she did. While I think that her methods were harsh and possibly painful to her daughters, I did feel that she had her daughters best interests in mind. This book has also given me a bit more insight as to why foreign national children behave/succeed the way they do.

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  Angela Dutton Vranish said on May 3, 2012 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  I bought this book from Singapore. I think it serves as the best souvenir because Singapore is also a place of mix and match. No wonder it stays top at Page one there.
  The general comparison between Western and Chinese parental guidance is fascinating. Being strict, shouting with discouraging words ... (continue)

  I bought this book from Singapore. I think it serves as the best souvenir because Singapore is also a place of mix and match. No wonder it stays top at Page one there.
  The general comparison between Western and Chinese parental guidance is fascinating. Being strict, shouting with discouraging words and complaining about A- are generally the methods used in Chinese family. By contracts their Western counterparts adopt a more "open" approach. They let their children to decide and join. And the result is Asian offspring performed better in academic, music and sports.
  The Chinese mother author compares her two daughters. The elder is obedient and the younger is the opposite, even she called "rebellious". Anyway both of them are outstanding among the social group.
  Yet I would say the structure of the last parts are loose. Talking about dogs and her sisters are making the book more like a biography. The author also admits she does not know how to end. I think it is absolutely a bad ending.

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  Chenghonfai said on Jul 18, 2011 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  This book generally provides a biased personal view about the difference between Chinese (mainly immigrant families) and Western parenting. But the way of telling those family anecdotes is candid and hilarious. What it touches me most is how mother and daughter relationship could deteriorate to a de ... (continue)

  This book generally provides a biased personal view about the difference between Chinese (mainly immigrant families) and Western parenting. But the way of telling those family anecdotes is candid and hilarious. What it touches me most is how mother and daughter relationship could deteriorate to a degree which every word they say is meant to hurt each other; while recover with more understanding, love and hugs.

  Chinese review is here (中文心得在此):http://renewangtw.blogspot.com/2011/05/tiger-mother.html

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  Renewang said on Apr 26, 2011 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 256 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1594202842
• ISBN-13: 9781594202841
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Pub date: Jan 11, 2011
• Also available as: Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書, 简体书

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