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   Tiger mom

   noun

   • 1. a strict or demanding mother who pushes her child or children to high levels of achievement, especially by using methods regarded as typical of childrearing in China and other parts of East Asia; a tiger mother: North American "a super-competitive tiger mom"

   Word Origin 1980s (in the general sense of ‘a strict or demanding mother’): from tiger + mom; see tiger mother.

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