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KUOW — one of our local NPR stations — interviewed Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother author Amy Chua. Chua is the one who wrote this hardcore piece in the Wall Street Journal under the fighting-words headline “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior.” I read it, felt appalled and wondered if passages could be used to prosecute Chua for child abuse. So it’s good to hear Chua’s actual voice, and it’s better still to realize that her approach to being a mom seems to be way more nuanced than it came across in the WSJ.
The KUOW segment, which runs about 20 minutes, also includes some words from Po Bronson, co-author of an extremely worthwhile book called NurtureShock. Bronson blogs here.
