The Roar Of The Tiger Mother, By Amy Chua

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Parents all around the world the world have different types of parenting. They all have different ideas for consequences and rewards. Not everyone can raise a child who seems perfect to everyone but, that kid is perfect in the eyes of most parents who raised them. Chinese mothers are known for being strict and dominant to their children. They are known for success while Western parents are known for happiness when it comes to their children. Western parents are known to be a little bit more relaxed when it comes to their child’s education. There are many differences between Chinese and Western parents, and Amy Chua tells us those differences with detail in her article.

In her article, “The roar of the tiger mom,” by Amy Chua, she basically giving her own examples of her own parenting and a list of things her two daughter Sophia and Louisa are not supposed to do. Amy Chua actually wrote a book on tiger mothers. According to Amy Chua in one of her interviews, she has received death threats from angry parents who have read her book. In the beginning of the interview she talks about the negative outcomes of her book such as death threats, bad comments about
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Comparing my life to a cub’s life, I was raised to be confident in school and to try my best. I have great parents who care about my happiness more than my success ad I should not take that for granted. The fact that they cannot go to a sleepover is not really surprising when tiger moms care about school and success. Cubs who go to sleepover are most likely in the eyes of their mom, going to forget everything that they learned at school or that day and waste their success. Honestly there are very successful adults in the world who were in fact raise by tiger moms, but they are mostly lacking that confidence and self-esteem that they

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