Wow, that is a shocking reaction to the article (above quoted from camsurrey's post). I think the exerpt taken from her book was to provoke strong reactions and to get people to buy her book. I agree with Tomogotchi that every child is different and every family is different and that you need to figure out what works for your child. Of course we all want our children to excel, but I don't agree with Amy Chua's extreme methods. We want them to experience as much as possible and give them the tools so that they can make decisions on their own--hopefully ones that won't cost them too much pain...we all have to make our own mistakes to a certain degree.