Besides, Amy Chua made the children obey her will。 And in order to reach a perfect state in academic and musical performance, she asked them to take long time training, bulldozed them, and even humiliated them by calling them garbage。 She revealed the deep reason why Asian children have outstanding performance which is because they have a Chinese mother。 The tiger mother firmly believed that the traditional strict Chinese family education is better than the western one characterized by loose and indulgence。 In her book, Amy Chua raises an interesting set of questions about family upbringing, which made a stir in American educational circles and caused a huge controversy in Chinese and American society。 The leading media, such as New York Times and Wall Street Journal, had reported on the theme, and many readers participated in the discussion of the topic。文献综述

Because Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother was controversial, it drew pour attention and raves from the public immediately, and generated a huge response, positive and negative。 People who opposed Amy Chua called her a monster or nuts, and thought her too harsh to her daughters, even abusing them。 They who did not agree with the way that parents arranged everything thought personal freedom was a source of creativity, and parents should respect child’s inpidual choice。 

In fact, the focus of the debate lies not only in which the more advanced educational methods are, but also what the orientation of Chinese family upbringing should be。 There are many different reasons which cause the difference of family education, such as politics, economy, geographical conditions, etc。 Cultural values are the base of all which have profound effect on the education purpose, contents and methods。 Family education is an important part of education and means a lot to the development of both inpiduals and society。 Studying on the differences of family educations may be profound to our family education in China。  来:自[优E尔L论W文W网www.youerw.com +QQ752018766-

This paper is pided into five parts including introduction and conclusion。 Chapter two mainly discusses the difference of family education between China and America from purposes of family education, contents of family education, and methods of family education。 Chapter three focuses on the causes of differences in Chinese and American family education。 Chapter four introduces suggestions on Chinese and American family education。 Chapter five is the contribution and significance of the study and makes suggestion for the future research。 

II。 Differences of Family Education Between China and America

In order to clarify the root of the controversy of the family education methods in Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, we should figure out the differences of family education between China and America from purposes, contents and methods。

2。1 Different Purposes of Family Education

The purpose of family education is the starting point, the footing, and the end line of family education practices。 It guides the direction of family education。 The purpose of family education is closely related with cultural environment, politics, economy, geographical conditions, etc。 The motive and purpose of family education are based on cultural values。