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Not to mention the fact that in the book she ultimately rejects the harsh, forced approach.
by dailo10 16y ago
Not to mention the fact that in the book she ultimately rejects the harsh, forced approach.
- farout 16y agobesides being harsh - why does she reject it? Her reasons were that she showing that she believed in her children when they did not believe in themselves. Now I definitely have to read the book. I just read her wsj post.
- nandemo 16y agoThat confirms my suspicion that Amy Chua's article was a most fine piece of trolling. She wrote outrageous things in the article thereby trolling thousands of parents into buying her book, i.e. the WSJ article was "link-bait" to her book. Even if you're a non-parent you might be drawn by the someone-is-wrong-on-internet effect into criticizing her claims, but she's got a simple answer ready for you: "buy my book".
- SoftwareMaven 16y agoFrom what I've heard her say, she didn't do the final edits and was surprised by the WSJ take on her book as well (likely, her publisher was involved, though). She was on Colbert last week and seemed quite reasonable. She explicitly states it isn't a parenting book, it is a memoir about parenting, immigrants, and culture.
- dpritchett 16y agoThat's what I'd say too. It's nice to have a fall guy.
- jellicle 16y agoNo, she doesn't. I've read the book and at no point does she ever reject her approach or believe it was less than the absolute perfect approach. Although she eventually allowed one of her daughters to stop practicing the violin with Carnegie Hall intensity, she regrets it and feels she failed.