Mean Mom Meets Tiger Mom: I Read the Book

Denise Schipani / 7 Comments / discipline, family life, modern families, Moms on moms, other parents, parenting / "Why Chinese Mothers are Superior", Amy Chua, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Wall Street Journal /

Since I wrote my post last week on The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, the parenting memoir by Yale University Law professor and writer Amy Chua, it’s gotten even more press — good, bad, backpedaling, explaining. I’ve read a lot of it, not all of it — but I did read the book, as […]

January 13, 2011

Hymn of the Tiger Mother: Why I Love Amy Chua

Denise Schipani / 28 Comments / discipline, young kids and self-esteem / Amy Chua, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Wall Street Journal /

Last week, an article in the Wall Street Journal caused a major stir in the parenting world. Amy Chua, a law professor, author, and mother just published a book called Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, and the blogosphere is having spasms over her and her stories of forcing her daughters to practice piano for […]