In the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom, Amy Cua’s daughter is practicing her instrument. Like all children do, she gets extremely annoyed when her mother tries to correct her. At one point, Lulu’s starts acting like a child when she says “‘Just turn off your brain!’ Lulu ordered.’I’m not going to play any more unless you turn off your brain.’” (Chua 47-48). Lulu acted out like any child would when their parents are constantly correcting their every move. The way that Lulu addresses her mother as “mommy” shows that there is no hate and the mother is just trying to make Lulu the best human being possible. Even though Lulu is annoyed with her mother at the moment, they still have a loving and caring relationship unlike Amy Tan’s relationship with