Amy Chua, also known as The Tiger Mother, received a high six-figure
advance for her 2011 memoir. In
this book, she recounts in great detail the ways in which she uses traditional
Chinese parenting methods to drive her daughters towards perfection in the
arts. This is old news, of
course. But now there’s Dara-Lynn
Weiss, aka the Diet Mom. In the
April issue of Vogue magazine, Dara
writes honestly and openly about the strict parenting methods she employed to
help her overweight seven-year-old daughter slim down. Within a few weeks, she, too, had a
book deal.
What
do these women have in common? The
publishing world would say that Chua and Weiss are both exemplars of the new
“damned if you do/damned if you don’t” parenting genre. If you push your kid too hard, you get
called out. If you act too lax,
you are scrutinized for not demanding more. Either way, if you are willing to throw your daughters under
the bus, there’s always something to write about.
It’s
not so much about the children in these scenarios as it is about the
mother. The secret to securing a
book deal these days is to expose one’s inner bitch to the world. Go to The Huffington Post to continue reading...
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