I only read the newspaper articles about Amy Chua, and if they were true, then in my opinion she tortured her daughters. I remember that they had to repeat pian

I only read the newspaper articles about Amy Chua, and if they were true, then in my opinion she tortured her daughters. I remember that they had to repeat piano pieces zillions of times and were not allowed to go to the toilet until they got them right, for example. That's torture. Sure, it could always be worse, but it's probably soul crushing enough. That her kids might not hold it against her doesn't mean a thing because kids always love their parents. In my country there was a case recently of a father abusing his daughter sexually for years and offering her to other men, yet in court she still felt sorry for testifying against him and called out "I still love you, daddy". I'm sure lots of middle class parents abuse their kids, too, but that doesn't imply the Chua style is non-abusive. Especially since the torturing was done apparently in the pursuit of meaningless status symbols (daughter played in famous concert hall once, great grades at school). The thing is, kids always grow up, no matter what you do to them. So you can always say "see, it worked out alright". Until the day when it all falls apart and the emotional backlash happens (in the form of something like the Nazi regime, for example - yeah, quote Godwin's law, I don't care...).