The End

24 Mar 2011 1 Comment

by katherinethomsen in Tiger Mother

Finished! This was a quick read, huh? And, I’m a little sad that it’s over. I definitely care about the family. I’ll be very interested in finding out where Sophia goes to college? Harvard? Luckily, in these internet days, I probably WILL be able to find that out.

I don’t think Amy Chua is crazy at all. All this talk about her being a “monster?” I don’t buy it. I think she was a good mom. Yes, she pushed her kids hard. But, I think that, in today’s world, you kind of have to push your kids hard if you want them to be successful. Otherwise, there are too many temptations out there that just lead to massive amounts of wasted time. (I’m a bit guilty of the facebook trap myself, and I only have 54 friends! Sometimes I find myself looking at pictures of people from high school, then all of the sudden I think, “What am I doing? Why am I wasting all this time?) And I’m not even a KID! I think it’s a tough, tough world to raise our kids in. I actually loved Amy’s speech at the end about the Founding Fathers not attending sleepovers! I’m totally into that scene. I know I’m obsessed with the past, but I like raising my kids the old-fashioned way. And, I love love love Lulu’s comment about the violin, where she talks about how it makes her feel that she’s going back in time. Shoot, if that’s the case, I wish I could play the violin!

I kind of wish I had been pushed harder myself. I honestly feel (and this is a huge topic of mine), that I’m just coming into my own now . . . now that I’m in my 30s. I have a lot of new ideas and new ambitions that I’ve never had before. Is this normal? I don’t even know. I want to hear more from my lady friends . . . .

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