Tiger Mother

Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother has a disclaimer on the cover that it was originally supposed to be a book about the rivalry between western and Chinese child rearing traditions, but it is now about Chua’s own lack of experience when it comes to raising her little daughters. As the story begins, Chua depicts the high expectations she created for her two young daughters, Sophia and Louisa, right away. The guidelines primarily discuss forbidden behaviors such as sleepovers, failing to earn an A in class, and engaging in school plays. Although the creator admits that her rules may seem to be strict to some, they are common among Chinese mothers. The primary aim of this paper is to give a summary of the book and incorporate, the words undermining and defiant.
In Chapter 2, Amy presents her firstborn child, Sophia, and with her portrayal of Sophia’s passive personality and capacity to learn quickly, it appears that Amy’s strict Chinese child rearing techniques will turn out to be effective. Chua’s better half Jed is Jewish, and they settled on wedding that they would raise their kids Jewish, rather than concentrating on Amy’s Catholic religious path (Chua 45). For Sophia, this choice appears to work superbly. She shows the scrutinizing way of her dad’s belief system alongside her mom’s fixation on rote and drill.
Amy’s second born, Louisa, has unique characteristics. The creator concedes that Louis, also called Lulu, took after her “viper tongued” and ’hot tempered’ personality. That shared trait is in all likelihood the stimulus for their “nuclear warfare” rapport. Amy additionally indicates that concurring the Chinese calendar, Lulu was conceived in the Year of the Boar that as far as anyone knows fates one to be stiff-necked and resolved. The creator herself was conceived in the Year of the Tiger, which causes one to be authoritative and powerful. The primary recorded conflict between the Boar and Tiger happens when Louisa (the Boar) is three. Amy, who as of now has a piano instructor for Sophia, endeavors to start Lulu on the piano at an extremely youthful age. Lulu, becomes defiant and declines to do anything that her mom asks of her concerning the piano and inevitably wins the go head to head (Chua 48). Now, Amy feels undermined and concedes that she may need to attempt distinctive strategies with Lulu, yet she is unwilling to change any of the objectives or standards that she has set for her two little girls.
While Amy’s principles for her girls may appear to be irrational to most, she acquired her belief system from her parents. Chinese parents who had fled their nation brought up Amy’s parents in the Philippines. Amy’s parents moved to the U.S. in 1960 and raised their family there. Amy’ recognizes that she and her sisters dependably felt not the same as the other youngsters in their California and Midwestern schools, and she realized that her parents held higher standards for her than did her colleagues’ parents. One illustration she offers of those standards is the point at which she came second as an eighth grader in a history contest. Subsequent to the award ceremony, Amy’s dad discloses to her never to disappoint him again by coming second. From a Westerner’s viewpoint, this remark appears to be barbarous and belittling, however Amy’ grew up with the logic that she should improve and that her dad needed, as well as demanded her excellence. In the Battle Hymn, Amy’ hones this same logic with her kids, to a limited extent, since she fears generational decay. She recognizes that she has strayed a bit from her Chinese roots and thinks about how far away her children will meander.
Subsequent to clarifying her family foundation, Amy talks about her piano educator decision for Sophia. When at first she and Sophia differ about rehearsal times and Amy’s interest for flawlessness, Sophia starts to win rivalries and takes after her mom’s directions without much grumbling. Lulu, be that as it may, presents a gigantic test. Lulu exhibits her musical capacity amid piano lessons, yet Amy cannot get enough. She trusts that her two little girls ought to exceed expectations at various instruments so they will not appear to be in rivalry with each other; henceforth the violin lessons for Louisa. Lulu does not go effortlessly to her first lesson, but rather in the long run sinks into a strained détente with her mom. Each one of Lulu’s Saturdays is spent honing in the house for three hours before heading off to the Neighborhood Music School in NYC for an individual lesson, trailed by a gathering violin lesson, and a piano-violin lesson with her sibling. Now and again, Amy concedes, she tosses in more honing time at home after the young girls complete their sessions at the NMS.
In Chapter 10, Amy clarifies the basic contrasts between Chinese and Western parents. She contends that while Western parents are excessively worried with their youngsters’ self-esteem, Chinese folks work in an inverse fashion. They trust that their youngsters owe them everything and that they, as parents, recognize what is best for their kids, regardless of the possibility that that implies abrogating their kids’ apparently normal cravings and inclinations (Chua 157). While Amy’s better half Jed was brought up in a limitlessly diverse environment, he and Amy pick the Chinese child-rearing model. All through the book, Amy offers cases of Jed’s contradicting her stringent strategies and brutal words toward their kids, yet he assents right off the bat, on the grounds that the accomplishment of Amy’s techniques is unquestionable. People continually approach Jed, Amy, and remark on their little girls’ development and achievements.
As Amy’s fight with Lulu over violin hone starts to heighten, she at times her technique and rational soundness, yet then Lulu reaffirms her mom’s strategies by savoring an accomplishment on the violin. The creator utilizes that to persuade herself that she has picked the correct way for her stiff-necked little girl (Chua 250). Toward the finish of Part I, after one especially extraordinary contention with Lulu over her consummating a particular violin piece for a presentation, Amy guarantees Lulu that she will get her and Sophia a pooch on the off chance that she delivers a flawless execution at the presentation.
In conclusion, the book gives insights on how Amy raised her little girls. It compares the Western and Chinese culture especially in raising issues. The book is recommended for parents who have just started a family. The model one picks is a personal opinion; but I would advise on the western way of life.

Work Cited
Chua, Amy. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. New York, NY: A&C Black, 2011.