Citations:tiger mum

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English citations of tiger mum

Noun: "a mother who drives her child/children very hard to succeed in school and/or in extracurricular studies like learning a musical instrument"

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  • 2011 — Simon Haines, "Days of learning in Hong Kong", The Australian, 6 April 2011:
    But they totally got it, this class of young, demure Cantonese women with their tiger mums and their sure awareness of corrupt governance somewhere not so far away.
  • 2011 — Louise Carpenter, "Fifteen children and counting…", The Telegraph, 24 December 2011:
    Sue is not, it is safe to say, a tiger mum nor a helicopter parent.
  • 2011 — Revathi Murugappan, "Who made the news", The Star (Malaysia), 31 December 2011:
    The book tapped into some Americans' deepest insecurities and led many women to ask each other: "Are you a tiger mum?"
  • 2012 — Chin Mui Yoon, "From homemaker to head honcho", The Star (Malaysia), 8 April 2012:
    "I was never a tiger mum!" Eu says with a laugh. "My kids started boarding school at nine, so they learnt to be independent from young. []