Chinese Mothers and Daughters

All throughout the Joy Luck Club Amy Tan gives examples that corrispond with the Tiger Mom Article. One prime example of this is Rules of the Game Waverly Jong's mother pushes her extremely hard to be a chess champion. Even though Waverly loved the game she didn't love getting pushed, watched, and criticized until she could no longer handle the stress. The Tiger Mom article states,
"What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you're good at it. To get good at anything you have to work, and children on their own never want to work, which is why it is crucial to override their preferences. This often requires fortitude on the part of the parents because the child will resist; things are always hardest at the beginning, which is where Western parents tend to give up. But if done properly, the Chinese strategy produces a virtuous circle. Tenacious practice, practice, practice is crucial for excellence; rote repetition is underrated in America. Once a child starts to excel at something—whether it's math, piano, pitching or ballet—he or she gets praise, admiration and satisfaction. This builds confidence and makes the once not-fun activity fun. This in turn makes it easier for the parent to get the child to work even more."
Which is exactly what Waverly's mom was doing to her. Waverly loved the game and wanted to always play, but anything she did was never good enough, it was good enough for her mother to brag about but behind closed doors she always had to push herself harder.

Another example of the Tiger Mom article being accurate is the Two Kinds chapter. Jing-Mei was forced into playing the piano. She hated it and wasn't very good but she was still forced to see a piano teacher she nicknamed Old Chong once a week. In the Tiger Mom article it literally states that their child has toplay any instrument other than the piano or violin and is not allowed to not play the piano or violin. Making the two stories match.