I'm gonna brutally honest here, I think tiger moms are
horrible people. This is likely personal since I have learning disabilities that make it hard enough on me to complete schoolwork. Day to day assignments can be a constant struggle to where merely getting a C (passing grade) can take a lot of effort. So when I hear of some psychotic bitch freaking out on their kids for getting one A minus, my urge to blow something up increases drastically.
It's especially infuriating knowing that cunts like Amy Chua will never see themselves as going to far. In her book, she mentions everyone (including her own kids), telling them that she's making their life a living hell. Yet, like the arrogant bitch that she is, she just ignores everyone's objections because in her mind, she's the fucking martyr.
So when I see
this clip from ABC's "What Would You Do", I get intriqued. The show reinacted something out of Chua's book at a restaurant (for those who don't watch the show, they take paid actors to act out a situation (like domestic abuse) to see how every day people react). In this case, this awesome older woman tore into the tiger mom after she told the daughter that she wasn't going to eat for her A minus.
Then I read the youtube comments... RAGE!!!!!!!!!
his mother didn't go far enough! An A isn't even good enough! It had to be an A+ And I am NOT Asian! And if ANYONE came over to "help" my child, I'd have all of them arrested! They should mind their own damned business! And I got a beat down when I got an A instead of an A+ from BOTH my parents!
And this person got a thumbs up!!!!!!!
And there's other comments of a similar nature (ie: "my mother said worse to me growing up"). But the most infuriating are those who accuse the show makers of racism. HEY DUMBASSES!!! THIS SHIT IS BASED ON A REAL BOOK WRITTEN BY A REAL CRAZY LADY!!! HOW IS IT FUCKING RACIST TO POINT THIS OUT?!!!!
And it reminded me of all the defenses people use to justify this evil. Some tell me the WSJ misinterpreted her by taking an excerpt out of her book. This ignores the fact that she still commited all those horrors. Some also say she regrets some of her methods, but from what I hear, she still stands by a good chunk of her parenting and still stands by her "western parents are wimps" comments (speaking of racism...).
Then you got the faux PC types who think that because it's part of some foreign culture, we should respect that. Never mind the fact that it's FUCKING CHILD ABUSE, defending cultural sensitivities is apparently a bigger concern.
I could go on and on, but it just makes me so mad that such obvious child abuse is being excused for such bullshit reasons. When are people going to realize that this kind of parenting is HARMFUL AND NOT FUCKING OKAY!!!!
(yeah, you can tell this is a berserk button for me)
