tiger moms
Strict achievement-focused mothers
Tiger moms are mothers who push their children relentlessly toward academic and extracurricular excellence, emphasizing discipline, practice, and achievement over play or emotional comfort.
The term gained currency from Amy Chua's 2011 memoir and is associated with East Asian parenting stereotypes, though it now describes any intensely demanding mother: Her tiger mom had her practicing violin three hours a day.
Trained self-control or specialty
- expectationsBeliefs about future outcomes
- homeworkStudent assignments for outside class
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- routineRegular sequence of actions
structure · monitoring · schedules · rules · standards · achievement · supervision · control
Pressure, mental or vocal
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- performanceCarrying out a task
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
- excellenceOutstanding quality or merit
demanding · intensity · perfectionism · burnout · overachievement · fear of failure · grades · rankings
Formal argument on issues
- criticismJudgment of faults
- backlashStrong negative reaction
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
- polarizingCausing sharp division
harsh · overbearing · pushy · child abuse · cultural clash · permissive · helicopter parent · bestseller
One who resettles abroad
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- cultural expectationsShared behavioral standards
- bilingualismProficiency in two languages
- model minorityRacialized success stereotype
second-generation · assimilation · tradition · values · sacrifice · family honor · filial piety · generational
discipline
Trained self-control or specialty
- expectationsBeliefs about future outcomes
- homeworkStudent assignments for outside class
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
routine · structure · monitoring · schedules · rules · standards · achievement · supervision · control · consequences
stress
Pressure, mental or vocal
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- performanceCarrying out a task
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
excellence · demanding · intensity · perfectionism · burnout · overachievement · fear of failure · grades · rankings · Ivy League
debate
Formal argument on issues
- criticismJudgment of faults
- backlashStrong negative reaction
- stereotypeFixed oversimplified notion
polarizing · harsh · overbearing · pushy · child abuse · cultural clash · permissive · helicopter parent · bestseller · memoir
immigrant
One who resettles abroad
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- cultural expectationsShared behavioral standards
- bilingualismProficiency in two languages
model minority · second-generation · assimilation · tradition · values · sacrifice · family honor · filial piety · generational · upward mobility
- Asian educationConfucian academies, civil service exams, private academies, Peking University, examination halls
- parentinggentle parenting, child, children, kids, childcare
- elite educationboarding schools, prep schools, private schools, international schools, elite schools
- China Policyone-child policy, Great Firewall, social credit, Cultural Revolution, Great Leap Forward