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The way of the 'Tiger Mother'

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The award for controversial book of the year so far for concerned parents has to be Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.

The author is a Chinese American academic at Yale, Amy Chua, and the book plots her "tough mothering" style of parenting.

Ms Chua explains her thinking.


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