Tiger mother Amy Chua sure has a bite. She should be locked up as a dangerous species. This is the woman who shoved her three-year-old into the garden without a coat at -6 degrees because the toddler didn't fancy learning piano. It backfired when little Lulu refused to come back in and had to be bribed with brownies.
Chua has written a book, The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, about Chinese parenting. Horror film to follow shortly. Her girls have done well, playing piano at Carnegie Hall and violin for a top youth orchestra. That's excellent, all credit to them.
Seems to me though that their achievement isn't that good. Not after six hours a day practising. They are also ahead in maths, but again, so are so many others.
Chua has now decided to back off because her eldest, now 18, is applying for college and is being allowed to write her own application. "I felt that my work had been done. I just said to Sophia it's your responsibility - pick your schools and write your own essay. " Just like most of our kids do.
Chua says; "Chinese parents don't worry about their children's psyches." I find that chilling. Are they raising a nation of head cases? Should we worry? What do you think.
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