In March 2013, the Asian American Journal of Psychology published a Special Issue entitled “ Tiger parenting, Asian-heritage families, and Child/adolescent well-being”. Chua’s depictions and the ensuing media attention thrust Asian-American parents into the limelight, their parenting debated and contested throughout the media and on social network sites. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 4(1), 1-6.)Īmy Chua’s memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother describes in detail her endeavors to push her two daughters to succeed, and in the process, deny them a social life, sleepovers and play dates. Deconstructing the myth of the “tiger mother”: An introduction to the Special Issue on Tiger parenting, Asian-heritage families, and child/adolescent well-being.
( Note: This brief article is based on Juang, L.
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