In order to motivate her resistant daughter, the author took the child’s doll house to the car and told her “[she’d] donate it to the Salvation Army piece by piece” (Chua 264) if the child did not mastered the complex piano piece. When this was unsuccessful, Chua continued by threatening her daughter with “no lunch, no dinner, no Christmas or Hanukkah presents, no birthday parties for two, three, four years” (Chua 264). The author intended for the story of her daughter learning the piece to be humorous; however, the actions of the mother towards Lulu comes across as cruel, appalling and inconsiderate. There are a multitude of ways the author could have handled the situation more appropriately, such as giving the child a break, providing her with some encouragement, or considering whether her daughter wants to learn to play the
In order to motivate her resistant daughter, the author took the child’s doll house to the car and told her “[she’d] donate it to the Salvation Army piece by piece” (Chua 264) if the child did not mastered the complex piano piece. When this was unsuccessful, Chua continued by threatening her daughter with “no lunch, no dinner, no Christmas or Hanukkah presents, no birthday parties for two, three, four years” (Chua 264). The author intended for the story of her daughter learning the piece to be humorous; however, the actions of the mother towards Lulu comes across as cruel, appalling and inconsiderate. There are a multitude of ways the author could have handled the situation more appropriately, such as giving the child a break, providing her with some encouragement, or considering whether her daughter wants to learn to play the