Eye of the tiger: Study finds Asian-American mums really are fearsome


'Tiger mum' Amy Chua, who caused a ruckus with her parenting memoir Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, may just have been vindicated by a Stanford University study.

Asian-American “tiger mothers” may be better at motivating their children to complete difficult tasks, but children raised by European-American mothers could be described as more independent.

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