摘要
There has been a lot of media coverage recently regarding the issue of Chinese-American Yale law professor Amy Chua＇s parenting practices, her book about them entitled The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, and the resulting brouhaha over the pitfalls of Chinese parenting. At first, the way the issue was reported, I felt guilty. Was I not doing enough for my own children？ At first, as a Hong Kong-based mum, 1 felt 1 could relate. My two daughters, about the same age as Chua＇s, are accomplished dancers and gymnasts, earning marks that make me proud, spending their time outside their IB-program school practicing violin and guitar, and augmenting their classroom Mandarin with Mandarin-by-Skype lessons.
There has been a lot of media coverage recently regarding the issue of Chinese-American Yale law professor Amy Chua’s parenting practices,her book about them entitled The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,and the resulting brouhaha over the pitfalls of Chinese parenting.At first,the way the issue was reported,I felt guilty.Was I not doing enough for my own children? At first,as a Hong Kong-based
