![]() “Īuthor Amy Chua defines herself as a tiger mother. While “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” focuses more on Chua’s personal life, the book does an excellent job of preparing the reader for that conversation.ĭ defines a tiger mother as “a strict mother, especially an East Asian, who demands academic excellence and obedience from her children. Despite the controversy associated with Chua’s book and the phrase “tiger mother,” there undoubtedly is an important conversation to be had with both students and parents on the subject of academic and cultural expectations. ![]() Before then, there existed the “ helicopter parent” and the “ lighthouse parent,” but there never was a term that described the strict and academically oriented parenting style as well as “tiger mother”. The term “tiger mother” was coined by Amy Chua in her book “ Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” in 2011. ![]()
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