[turbofail]

The Quora responses reveal an important point regarding Dr. Chua's book: the book was written in response to the failings of the super-strict parenting style.

The WSJ excerpt makes no mention of this, which is a bit misleading.

On another note, my mother attempted to raise me in such a manner, but she was always too busy working to do a complete job of it (she didn't bother with my older brother as much, as he was way more self-motivated than me). I'm actually a bit curious as to how Dr. Chua managed to find time to hound her daughters like this while being a professor.

[sethg]

You mean, the WSJ chose to highlight that fraction of the book that reinforced a popular stereotype of Asians. Loverly.