I’m sure we’ve all read the excerpt from Amy Chua’s “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.”  I was just curious to see what kind of feedback some of the asian mama’s got from other (particularly non-asian) people.  I wonder if this will influence how asian parents are viewed.  I feel like I’m already getting judged, or at least being watched closely, as a result of this article.

I live in a mostly caucasian neighborhood.  All my neighborhood friends here are white and are absolutely appalled at her parenting style.  At play group today, they brought up the article and of course I was asked about how I was raised.  I think my upbringing was pretty similar to what the article described…and as soon as I said that, they asked if I would do that to my kids.  And there starts the generalizations that all asian parents may possibly be like that.  I mean, they didn’t ask each other if they would be a Tiger Mom…only I,the asian girl, was asked.  I know they weren’t intentionally trying to be rude…they were just curious.  They have seen me interact with my kids for that past 2 years.  Long enough for them know that with my Attachment Parenting influenced parenting style, I am probably be the Anti-Tiger Mom.  Some of them are probably more Tiger Mom-ish than me yet, they still wondered.