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Review: Paperbacks: Non-fiction: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua (Bloomsbury, pounds 7.99) Segal, Victoria . The Guardian ; London (UK) [London (UK)]18 Feb 2012: 19.

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(ABSTRACT) The springboard for a million anguished articles about "what it really means" to be a modern parent, Chua's memoir

isn't quite the work of the brood-devouring monster the media storm suggested.

The springboard for a million anguished articles about "what it really means" to be a modern parent, Chua's memoir

isn't quite the work of the brood-devouring monster the media storm suggested. From the starting list of things her

daughters were never allowed to do - including "not be the #1 student in every subject except gym and drama" - the

manically over-achieving Yale law professor knowingly sets herself up for a fall. Comparing the insanely strict,

results-fixated methods of traditional "Chinese" parenting to a "western" model that simpers "good work, buddy"

every time a child eats some Play-doh, the book deals in extremes, but between Chua's battle lines lies a strong

case for the middle ground. Despite the explosive backfiring of her methods, her daughters' successes might leave

the CBeebies-dependent parent thinking they could push their children harder. Everybody muddles through, goes

the parenting truism: it may not look like it, but even with her resources of time, money and to-do lists, Chua has

done exactly the same.

Credit: Victoria Segal

: Review: Paperbacks: Non-fiction: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua

(Bloomsbury, pounds 7.99)

: Segal, Victoria

: The Guardian; London (UK)

: 19

: 2012

: Feb 18, 2012

: Guardian Review Pages

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