My kid doesnt stress me out nearly as much as what I think other moms think of me.

Who knew Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother was intended to be a comic memoir? A quick visit to Amy Chuas website reveals she wrote Tiger Mother as a self deprecating confessional about failing to raise her kids in the same strict, no-nonsense Chinese way her immigrant parents raised her.

But when the book was released, something was lost in translation. Many mothers were enraged. The book became a best seller mostly due to mothers reading solely it to stir-fry Chua for pushing her daughters beyond socially acceptable levels of extreme parenting.

Anti-Tiger moms loathe being that strict with their kids yet they hover so intently over every waking moment of their childrens lives that they are unable to let their kids do anything on their own, like just be kids.