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Markisha Carter/ Unit Two â€Å"B† Essay Amy Chua is obviously very opinionated. There is a lot of controversy surrounding her memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, in which she was very harsh towards her daughters and made it clear that her parenting methods were better than those of a Western parent. There is no manual on parenting, but how do we know when we as parents cross the line between being concerned for our child’s future and being overbearing? Being a parent myself, I know firsthand that it gets frustrating and sometimes, that inner control can be lost. Amy demonstrated this challenge plenty of times. I acknowledge that Amy may have thought she was motivating her children to be strong, successful women but I don’t think she†¦show more content†¦One can’t help but wonder how Amy and Jed had such a successful marriage. I’m pretty sure Jed disagreed with Amy more than she let on in the book. According to her, â€Å"Besides, I w as at a disadvantage because I had an American husband who believed that childhood should be fun† (46). Amy knew this, yet she still didn’t let the girls have fun. Maybe Jed should have pushed her to be more outgoing and spontaneous. According to Dr. Jim Taylor, there are three qualities a parent must possess to raise healthy children: calmness, persistence, and toughness (Taylor, Three Words). Chua was not so good in the calmness department. Tough love is often given to children having behavioral problems as they grow older but this did not apply to Sophia and Lulu. Why was all of that â€Å"tough love† being given to them? In a way, Amy could have been living her dreams through the girls. But if she wanted to be a professional musician, she should have done so. Instead, she pushed the girls to do something without ever asking them if it was what they wanted to do. Lulu let her have it when she said to her mother â€Å"Mommy, I get it. I’ve watched you a nd listened to your lectures a thousand times. But I don’t want you controlling my life† (221). She mentioned a couple of times in the book that Chinese kids owed theirShow MoreRelatedWhy Chinese Mothers Are Superior by Amy Chua and Two Kinds by Amy Tan992 Words   |  4 PagesThe stories Why Chinese Mothers are Superior by Amy Chua and Two Kinds by Amy Tan portray how children are raised in Chinese-American culture and what beliefs predominate in Chinese-American communities. In Chinese-American culture, mothers approach raising their children differently from many other American parents. 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