Tiger parenting aims at getting children to make the most of what abilities they have, and so seems to lean towards the “clever” side of the “clever or happy” choice. That’s also the view of Betty Ming Liu, who blogged in response to Chua’s article: “Parents like Amy Chua are the reason why Asian-Americans like me are in therapy.”
虎妈式管教的目的在于挖掘出孩子的最大潜能，因此也似乎偏向于“聪明/快乐”选项的“聪明”一侧。而这也是撰写博客回应蔡美儿文章的Betty Ming Liu的观点：“蔡美儿式的家长就是我这样的华裔美国人接受心理治疗的原因”。