Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother Summary

Is There a Point Where the Chinese Parenting Becomes Too Much for a Child? Did I go too far, how much is too much, was that too harsh to say, are all questions parents seem to ask themselves when they are raising their children. In Amy Chua’s book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, the reader can see that even she, a strict Chinese Parent, seems to ask herself these very questions. Amy Chua finds herself in a bit of trouble when her daughter Lulu won’t conform to the rules of Chinese Parenting, pushing Amy Chua to her breaking point. Through these struggles the reader can see Amy Chua hesitations in her Chinese Parenting, giving several glimpses of a parent asking the very question, how much is too much before it becomes a problem? Amy Chau writes about her first example where she questioned if she had gone too far, when she told her daughter Lulu that she either needed to listen to her mom or leave the house. The reader can she that Amy Chua regrets this when see says that “a dull dread began seeping through my body” (Chua, 2011). To Amy Chua this was considered too much, as her three-year-old
As Lulu got older she continued to reject the Chinese parenting style more and more. Lulu stopped doing what he mother wanted, causing many arguments to that place between them, so when Lulu asked to go get a haircut Amy Chua said no because she didn’t’ practice her violin. This caused Amy Chua and Lulu got into another big argument, calling her a disgrace as a daughter. Lulu ended up locking herself in her room and giving herself her own, uneven haircut. Amy Chua then writes “part of me wanted to wrap my arms around her and cry uncontrollably” (Chua, 2011). This suggests that she felt bad about what had happened since this would go against the Chinese parenting style. Again, Amy Chua ended up giving in to her parenting style and made an appointment to fix Lulu