Analysis Of Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother
“Tiger Mom” is a term that was created by Amy Chua, a Yale law professor, in her written memoir “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”. This term, “Tiger Mom”, is professionally defined as “A strict or demanding mother who pushes her children to high levels of achievement, using methods regarded as typical of childrearing in China and other parts of East Asia.” (Morrison, 2012). Compared to this Asian-American parenting style, western style (European-American) parenting tends to be a little more relaxed. The children are typically allowed to make more of their own life choices and are reprimanded less for being disobedient. Even if the parenting styles greatly differ, they both represent paths to the same destination, a child’s success.
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This closeness acts as an aid for success. When Asian-American students felt that they were failing, their brain automatically thought of their mother and the child found energy in that pressure to help bounce back (a fact that is also supported by the California study). In Asian culture, it is excepted that the mother pushes their child greatly towards success. This interdependence between mother and child is the trait that creates the power behind a mother's pressure. A defining trait of “Tiger Moms” is that they don’t just give an order to their children, they completely engulf their own life with their child’s. The mother keeps complete track of their child’s whole schedule, their assignments due, the instrumental practices, and helps them keep commitments. The extra support and pressure from their mothers are believed by the culture to help create efficient and dependable members of society (Parker,2014). In European- American families, there is normally a lot strained on being independent, and allowing a child to make their own decisions. This helps create a more creative child, but not necessarily a more successful one. “Most researchers investigate how a child is brought up” (Ember & Ember, 2014, page 62-63) when they are researching or investigating disobedient vs obedient children in the classroom. This is why studies have shown that “tiger moms” raise better-behaving children in school. In summary, Asian-American mothers are more forceful of decisions in their child’s life, which creates more obedient
This closeness acts as an aid for success. When Asian-American students felt that they were failing, their brain automatically thought of their mother and the child found energy in that pressure to help bounce back (a fact that is also supported by the California study). In Asian culture, it is excepted that the mother pushes their child greatly towards success. This interdependence between mother and child is the trait that creates the power behind a mother's pressure. A defining trait of “Tiger Moms” is that they don’t just give an order to their children, they completely engulf their own life with their child’s. The mother keeps complete track of their child’s whole schedule, their assignments due, the instrumental practices, and helps them keep commitments. The extra support and pressure from their mothers are believed by the culture to help create efficient and dependable members of society (Parker,2014). In European- American families, there is normally a lot strained on being independent, and allowing a child to make their own decisions. This helps create a more creative child, but not necessarily a more successful one. “Most researchers investigate how a child is brought up” (Ember & Ember, 2014, page 62-63) when they are researching or investigating disobedient vs obedient children in the classroom. This is why studies have shown that “tiger moms” raise better-behaving children in school. In summary, Asian-American mothers are more forceful of decisions in their child’s life, which creates more obedient