Tiger Mother

Amy Chua

So are you a tiger mother? Reading Amy Chua's Battle Hymn of The Tiger Mother made each of us look at how we mother and how culture affects our parenting. Certainly being a full blown "tiger" isn't the goal of most of us but certain attributes are worthy of praise.

Pushing your kids to acheive their goals---good thing.

Turning down birthday card because it's not "perfect"--not so good.

Having high expectations-- good thing.

Torturing yourself and your kids for the sake of results--not good.

Although we may feel that some of the attributes of the Tiger/Chinese Mother border on abuse I am pretty certain that they may perceive things that we do as bordering on neglect.

If nothing else Amy Chua's observations opened our eyes to the differences that make the Tiger parents successful.

Thanks so much to Martha Taylor for choosing this book and to her daughter Meghan also. Thanks also to Heather Staples for being such a gracious hostess.