Amy Chua

Can You Choose Your Child's Religion?

Robin Gorman Newman | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Raising a Son, Later Mom, Amy Chua, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom, Hebrew School, Bat Mitzvah, Kids and Religion, Bar Mitzvah, Parents News

What about happiness? Does diligence in the face of reluctance lead to happier adulthood? What about enjoying childhood? You're only young once.

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Are You My Motherhood?

Annabelle Gurwitch | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Frank Bruni, Hilary Rosen, Ann Romney, French Parenting, Motherhood, Amy Chua, Hillary Clinton, Helicopter Parents, Stay at Home Mothers, Parents News

We Village Parents don't have a book out; we're too harried to write one. We don't have a catch phrase unless you count our endless mutterings of "I'm exhausted."

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How to Get a Book Deal: Tiger Mom, Diet Mom and Me

Julie Gerstenblatt | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Vogue, Book Publishing, Relationships, Humor, Book Deal, Dara-Lynn Weiss, Amy Chua, Memoir, Tiger Mother, Parenting, Comedy News

In the spirit of the "damned if you do/damned if you don't" memoir, I am determined to find my inner Tiger Mom/Diet Mom and expose her to the world.

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What Does 'American Parenting' Look Like?

Nicole Brittingham Furlonge | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: French Parenting, American Parent, Pamela Druckerman, Tiger Mom, Amy Chua, Practice, Bringing Up Bebe, Allen Iverson, Parenting Advice, Parents News

What does an "American parent" look like?

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Know Thyself, Hamster Mom

Melinda Wentzel | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Tiger Mom, Humor, Children, Amy Chua, Parenting, Western Parents, Love, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Planet Mom, Parents News

I'm no Tiger Mom. In actuality, I'm more of a Hamster Mom -- fond of delicious wedges of sleep and given to cuddling (and likely coddling) my brood in lieu of demanding perfection from them 24/7.

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Bringing Up Bébé, Idonomics and the American Dream

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Tiger Mom, Bringing Up Bebe, Parenting, Pamela Druckerman, Amy Chua, Idonomics, French Parenting, Parenting Tips, American Parenting, Chinese Parenting, Parents News

The answer may not be to embrace French or Chinese parenting techniques, but as a society we need to examine our helter skelter approach to the American dream.

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Getting to Know the Tiger Mom

Kate Fridkis | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: The Tiger Mom, Amy Chua, Kate Fridkis, Parenting, Amy Chua 92nd St Y, Eat the Damn Cake, Home-Schooling, Parents News

I saw Amy Chua, the Tiger Mom, last night at the 92nd Street Y. She came off as earnest, humble, and extremely loving -- not at all the way she's been described.

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Tiger Mom Amy Chua Says She's 'Changed A Lot'

HuffingtonPost.com | Emma Gray | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Amy Chua Tiger Mother, Video, Tiger Mom, Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld, Tiger Mom Kitty Grandmother, Tiger Mom Daughter, Amy Chua, Parents-Kids, Tiger Mother, Lulu Chua-Rubenfeld, Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Tiger Mom Book, Parents News

Has Tiger Mom gone soft? One year after the release of her controversial memoir, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," Amy Chua is back in the spotlight,...

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Bryan Caplan, The Serenity Dad, Does Christmas

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Serenity Dad, Holidays, Tiger Mom, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids, Economics, Bryan Caplan, Parenting During the Holidays, Bryan Caplan Serenity Parenting, Holiday Stress, Virginia, Video, Serenity Parenting, Holiday Parenting, Christmas, George Mason University, Amy Chua, Economist, Holiday Stress Tips, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Bryan Caplan, the George Mason University economist, espouses the world's least neurotic parenting philosophy: "serenity parenting." ...

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The Year's 'Bad Parents' (And Why Everyone Got So Mad)

HuffingtonPost.com | Lisa Belkin | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: 200-Pound-Child, Parenting Fails, Parent Fails, Parenting Online, Amy Chua, Worst Parenting Fails, Nasty Online Comments, Rebecca Black, Parents News

Why are parents in particular and society as a whole so increasingly quick to jump on examples of parenting that would not have been on our radar screen a few years ago?

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'Tiger Mom' Speaks Out Against Critics

Posted 11.18.2011

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"Tiger Mom" Amy Chua is continuing to ruffle feathers with her controversial parenting style that discourages praise of mediocre efforts and overindul...

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Wendi Deng and a Western Fear of China

Youyoung Lee | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Amy Chua, Wendi Deng, Tiger Mother, Wendi Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch Wendi Deng, Wendi-Deng-Murdoch-Attacker, Wendi Murdoch and Florence Sloan, Celebrity News

Entertainment and mockery aside, Wendi's "ruthless opportunist" way and "naked ambition" reflect a looming Western fear of China and of a new world order.

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Four Different Friendships, Four Similar Themes

Shasta Nelson, M.Div. | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Amy Chua Tiger Mother, Wendi Murdoch, Anne Ackerly, Friendship Differences, Friendship Interviews, Suzanne Malveaux, How to Make Friends, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Female Friendships, Florence Sloan, Friendship, Friends Til the End, Video, Suzette Malveaux, Friendship Expert, Katie Lee, Amy Chua, Kathy Freston, Women News

We often hold up childhood friends as the ideal friendship. Rather, it's frequently the people we meet along the way that can foster the bonds with us that feel most substantial.

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WATCH: 'Tiger Mom' Amy Chua And Anne Ackerley Talk Female Friendship, Jewish Men, Perms

Posted 09.07.2011

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This video is the third in HuffPost Women's four-part series on female friendship inspired by Wendi Murdoch and Florence Sloan's upcoming film Snow Fl...

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Literary Divas You Can’t Help But Love

flavorwire.com | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Literature, Joyce Carol Oates, Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, Jamaica Kincaid, Terry McMillan, Literary Divas, Amy Chua, Margaret Atwood, Bernard Henri Levy, Salman Rushdie, Joan Acocella, Books News

There are divas and there are their lesser-known male counterparts, divos; the thing that unites them is their willingness to make demands and to do w...

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Has America Lost That Loving Feeling?

Bruce Kluger | Posted 08.14.2011

Love isn't on the internet's roughly 1500 online dating sites, which despite annual revenues now in the billions, have reduced the mate-selection process to something akin to ordering off a Chinese take-out menu.

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Self-Compassion: Is It More Important Than Self-Esteem?

Yahoo! News | LiveScience.Com | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: University of Texas, Amy Chua, Autism, Self-Compassion, Self-Esteem, Kristin Neff, Battle Hymns of the Tiger Mother, Books News

A charming animated baby, Kristin Neff's son Rowan retreated into himself as a toddler, losing his few words and becoming prone to inexplicable scream...

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Amy Chua: Why Is American Parenting So Close-Minded?

usatoday.com | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Amy Chua, Education, American Education System, Battle Hymns of the Tiger Mother, Tiger Mother, Chinese Education, Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance and Why They Fall, Books News

The secret to America's global success has always been its ability to attract the best human capital from around the world....

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Battle Plan Of A Tiger Daughter

Deanna Fei | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Amy Chua, Parenting, Tiger Mother, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Chinese Mothers, Pregnancy, Yellow Peril, Self-Esteem, Children, Mother's Day, Healthy Living News

While my mother might loathe the term "Tiger Mother," as far as labels go, I like it. My husband and I started strategizing how to raise our kids -- by Chua's definition -- Chinese.

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Time 100 List Includes Six Writers (One Of Whom Is Our Very Own Arianna Huffington)

GalleyCat | Maryann Yin on April 21, 2011 12:43 PM | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: George R.R. Martin, Authors, Jennifer Egan, Amy Chua, Heidi Murkoff, Writers, Jonathan Franzen, Time 100 List, Arianna Huffington, Pulitzer Prize, Books News

The 2011 edition of the Time 100 list included six writers....

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Isn't It About Time We Gave Moms A Break?

Caryl Rivers | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Motherhood, Amy Chua, Parenting, Tiger Mom, Moms, Tiger Mother, Healthy Living News

Today, it is our anxieties about our children's chances in life's economic lottery that seem to be kicking off the latest mommy debate. In the past, it was other issues that twisted us into knots.

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'Tiger Mother' Daughter Accepted To Yale, Harvard

AP | Posted 06.06.2011

Read More: Sophia Chua, Amy Chua Yale, Amy Chua, The Northeast, Harvard, Tiger Mother, Amy Chua Daughter, Sophia Chua College, Yale, College News

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The daughter of the author of a recent memoir on tough Chinese-style parenting that sparked an uproar has been accepted to Ya...

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Tiger Mother Success: Amy Chua's Daughter Gets Into Harvard

Mail Online | Posted 06.06.2011

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She has been criticised for her controversial super-strict parenting style - that includes banning sleepovers and television and never accepting a gra...

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Cinderella Ate My Man-Eating Tiger Daughter

Hilary Levey Friedman | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Manning Up, Peggy Orenstein, Kay Hymowitz, Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Amy Chua, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Books News

Is it possible that it is Amy Chua who has gotten it right? If parents don't let a little bit of their Tiger selves come out early, it's possible that Hymowitz's Cinderella model will reign supreme.

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China's Ambivalent Tiger Moms: When in Rome...

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Single Child Policy, Tang, Chinese Fathers, Ego, Little Emperors, EQ and IQ, Chinese Education, Chinese Mothers, Sugar Coated Pills, Wyeth, Chinese Hierarchy, Gao Kao, Confucian Child Rearing Practices, Pizza Hut, Individualism, Chinese Ambition, McDonald's, Chinese Universities, Amy Chua, Chinese College Entrance Exam, Western Child Rearing Practices, Kfc, Infant Nutrition, Tiger Moms, Danone, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Smarties, Dumex, World News

In the People's Republic, contemporary mothers, flooded with information that promote a more liberal model of modern parenting, are conflicted.

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