English

Alternative forms

• tiger mother
• tiger mum

Noun

tiger mom ‎(plural tiger moms)

1. A mother who drives her child/children very hard to succeed in school and/or in extracurricular studies like learning a musical instrument.
   • 2012, Stefanie Weisman, "Taming the Tiger of Achievement", The New York Times, 30 March 2012:

     The message to tiger moms: telling your kids that failure is not an option does not set them up for success.

Quotations

• For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:tiger mom.

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