Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother - Likewise Book Reviews

"I hated this book. It reads like a braggy mother's instruction guide on how to raise children who win awards but cannot make their own choices. Children who might get into an Ivy League schools but have a obscure sense of love and parental relationships. Regardless of the anecdotal evidence of Amy Chua's daughters' success or feelings toward their mother, there is a wealth of research that shows children with overscheduled lives have more trouble making and reaching goals than children who have had less structured lives. Do we really want salaries and awards to be the extrinsic motivators for our children? What kind of world would we live in if those were everyone's goals? What makes the book even worse is that you can tell throughout that Chua is moving towards some kind of redemption for her awful behavior, but she takes it all back in the end lays more hate on Western parenting. It's tragicomedy."