(titled "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior") started the ferocious buzz the online version has been read more than 1 million times and attracted more than 7,000 comments so far. 11, her parenting methods were the incredulous, indignant talk of every playground, supermarket and coffee shop. , Chua's proudly politically incorrect account of raising her children "the Chinese way," arrived in bookstores Jan. "I don't want this," Chua announced, adding that she expected to receive a drawing that Lulu had "put some thought and effort into." Throwing the card back at her daughter, she told her, "I deserve better than this. That's the name of the piano tune that Amy Chua, Yale law professor and self-described "tiger mother," forced her 7-year-old daughter Lulu to practice for hours on end "right through dinner into the night," with no breaks for water or even the bathroom, until at last Lulu learned to play the piece.įor other readers, it was Chua calling her older daughter Sophia "garbage" after the girl behaved disrespectfully the same thing Chua had been called as a child by her strict Chinese father.Īnd, oh, yes, for some readers it was the card that young Lulu made for her mother's birthday.
Was the "Little White Donkey" incident that pushed many readers over the edge.
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