My Tiger Mom & Me: A Collection Of Stories
Seven Tiger children dish on the benefits and breakdowns of their mothers' intense parenting techniques.
We ran a contest where we asked the question: What is your Tiger Mom story?
We were surprised by the number of submissions people sent it - amazing stories of those who were raised by their Tiger moms (and dads).
Some resent their parents for their harsh discipline. Others believe that their parents' higher standards pushed them to succeed.
Is it better to spoil someone and allow them to fail? Or to oppress them and force them to succeed?
Decide for yourself! Here are the winners: - "From The Land Of Spices Comes A Fierce Tiger" by Rajeswari Ramanathan
- "I Should Get Started" by Victor Em
- "Perseverance Must Finish" by S.C. Thao
- "Why The Tiger Grows Her Claws" by Justin Yee
- "Lessons Learned From My Dragon Mother" by Angela Peng
- "One Missed Call" by Ernie Hsiung
- "Striving For Imperfection" by Angela Tung
About the Author: Angela Tung is a writer in San Francisco. Her work has appeared in Bellingham Review, CNN Living, The Frisky, Dark Sky Magazine, Matador Life, The New York Press and elsewhere. She is a regular contributor to The Nervous Breakdown, an online magazine featuring the work of published and emerging authors from around the world, and is a writer and content curator at Wordnik.com, an online word source and meaning discovery engine. Her latest book, Black Fish: Memoir of a Bad Luck Girl, chronicles the failed marriage between a Chinese woman and Korean man, both American-born but still bound by old world traditions. Black Fish was short-listed for Graywolf Press' Nonfiction Prize. Visit her at angelatung.com.
Ernie Hsiung is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Asian American group weblog 8Asians.com. He began his amateur writing career writing columns for Asian American web magazine IIStix and transitioned to the blogging world via his personal weblog Little Yellow Different, where he received polite acknowledgement from such magazines as Entertainment Weekly, Genre and the Advocate. During the day he is a Freelance Front-End Developer and currently splits his time between San Francisco and a long-distance relationship in Miami, Florida.
Justin Yee is an aspiring interaction designer at Stanford University, where he studies innovative ways to make lasting changes to American education. His family - composed of a loving mother, father, and older brother with intellectual disabilities - has been the greatest inspiration for his dream to change the world for the better. His relationship with his mother is particularly interesting and complicated, but as the story explains, it is also life-changing. He hopes that you enjoy his interpretation of it!
Shirley Peng is an attorney at Legal Aid of Nebraska. She was born and raised in Southern California. She received her B.A. from UCLA in psychology and Asian languages and her J.D. from Chapman Law. She lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, with her husband.
