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Can I read Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother on EtoBox?
Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua, Amy Chua is a education title available to read on EtoBox.
What is Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother about?
From Publishers Weekly Chua (Day of Empire) imparts the secret behind the stereotypical Asian child's phenomenal success: the Chinese mother. Chua promotes what has traditionally worked very well in raising children: strict, Old World, uncompromising values--and the parents don't have to be Chinese. What they are, however, are different from what she sees as indulgent and permissive Western parents: stressing academic performance above all, never accepting a mediocre grade, insisting on drilling and practice, and instilling respect for authority. Chua and her Jewish husband (both are professors at Yale Law) raised two girls, and her account of their formative years achieving amazing success in school and music performance proves both a model and a cautionary tale. Sophia, the eldest, was dutiful and diligent, leapfrogging over her peers in academics and as a Suzuki piano student; Lulu was also gifted, but defiant, who excelled at the violin but eventually balked at her mother's pushing. Chua's efforts "not to raise a soft, entitled child" will strike American readers as a little scary--removing her children from school for extra practice, public shaming and insults, equating Weste
Who reads Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother?
It is typically read by teachers and faculty preparing courses and curriculum.
Common subject areas: education, pedagogy.
- Author
- Amy Chua, Amy Chua
- Publisher
- Penguin Group USA, Inc.
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781101479629
- Category
- education
- Subjects
- Memoir, Science, Family & Relationships
- Rating
- 3.61 / 5 (35,043 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
