Monday, January 24, 2011

What Book Critics Say About ‘Tiger Mother’

What Book Critics Say About ‘Tiger Mother’What Book Critics Say About ‘Tiger Mother’Latest news update about;What Book Critics Say About ‘Tiger Mother’Amy Chua stirred up a lot of publicity for her book on parenting, “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” with an excerpt that was published in The Wall Street Journal. The story went viral and sparked thousands of conversations around the world debating whether “Chinese Mothers Are Superior.” Now reviews for the book are in – do critics find Amy Chua’s book as flawed as some find her parenting style? Here’s a roundup of critical opinion, with thanks to SpeakeasyWhat Book Critics Say About ‘Tiger Mother’.Claire McHugh,Wall Street Journal: “One marvels at Ms. Chua’s energy and focus—she has a demanding full-time job on top of all this musical monitoring—but one feels for the children. Only in her dealings with the family’s two dogs does the author seem, well, normal. “I don’t make any demands of them . . . or their future,” she writes of the big cuddly Samoyeds. “For the most part, I trust them to make the right choices for themselves. I always look forward on seeing them, and I love just watching them sleep. What a great relationship.”What Book Critics Say About ‘Tiger Mother’

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