A mother who is overly strict with her child in order to
foster an academically competitive spirit. This form of upbringing is intended to direct a child towards financially successful careers at the potential risk of feeling emotionally unfulfilled and/or socially inept.
The concept of Tiger Mother or Tiger Parent has been widely depicted in international media, including films such as Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), The Joy
Luck Club (1993), Vitus (
2006), and most recently in a book written by Yale law professor Amy Chua describing herself (2011).
Which one would motivate you to pwn everyone in calculus this semester? A Tiger Mother or a cougar?
My homey thinks he has a Tiger Mother when what he really has is a
milf.
If Tiger's mother were a Tiger Mother, he would be humping his
wife instead of banging all them stripper trim from Orlando to
L.A.