Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother – Provocative?

I agree with one of the Tiger Mom’s points–that there is ninhotg quite like learning to do something that is very hard. That provides children with a sense of satisfaction that can’t be matched. On the other hand, she details some parenting behavior that I simply see as inexcusable–calling her daughter “garbage,” making herself hoarse from yelling at her, etc. That’s bad parenting no matter what your background and culture. I think we can definitely learn something from the Chinese culture of child-rearing–not to pamper too much and to have high expectations. They can learn something from us–that kids need to have time to dream, to socialize, to create and even occasionally to do ninhotg.