Noun: "a mother who drives her child/children very hard to succeed in school and/or in extracurricular studies like learning a musical instrument"
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2011 — Simon Haines, "Days of learning in Hong Kong ", The Australian , 6 April 2011:
But they totally got it, this class of young, demure Cantonese women with their tiger mums and their sure awareness of corrupt governance somewhere not so far away.
2011 — Louise Carpenter, "Fifteen children and counting… ", The Telegraph , 24 December 2011:
Sue is not, it is safe to say, a tiger mum nor a helicopter parent.
2011 — Revathi Murugappan, "Who made the news ", The Star (Malaysia), 31 December 2011:
The book tapped into some Americans' deepest insecurities and led many women to ask each other: "Are you a tiger mum ?"
2012 — Chin Mui Yoon, "From homemaker to head honcho ", The Star (Malaysia), 8 April 2012:
"I was never a tiger mum !" Eu says with a laugh. "My kids started boarding school at nine, so they learnt to be independent from young. [ …]