In the movie “Encanto”, the protagonist Mirabel is treated decently by her family despite not having a superpower gift. However, if she had been born into an Asian tiger family: Without a gift, Asian Mirabel would have been even more desperate to find some way to prove herself special to her family. If she couldn’t…
Author: Viv
Tattered Heart of the Tiger Child
What are tiger parents and what is it like to grow up with them? If you’ve heard of the term, “tiger mom”, then you can deduce what I mean when I call myself a “tiger child.” For those of you not familiar with the term, it was made popular by author Amy Chua, who wrote…