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Tiger Moms not always the best parents

By Kelly Chung Dawson in New York | China Daily | Updated: 2013-08-13 07:25

Tiger Moms not always the best parents

When Yale professor and author Amy Chua published Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother in 2011, the resulting media melee seemed to tap into a simmering vat of insecurities about the economic rise of China.

An excerpt published in the Wall Street Journal under the headline Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior triggered a heated debate about the pros and cons of a discipline style that discourages improvisation and creativity in favor of repetition and diligence.

Was the United States doing its children a disservice by not taking cues from the Chinese education system?

Tiger Moms not always the best parents

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