Have you heard of the phrase " tiger moms "？It means mothers who are（1）

strict

strict

[striki]with their children.They（2）

believe

believe

[b?'li?v] that this encourages kids to become the best they can be.
    Many think that most Asian people often put their（3）

children's

children's

（ children） studies above everything else.Western parents，on the（4）

other

other

hand，are seen as caring more about their children's self-esteem（自尊） and feelings.Of course，the（5）

truth

truth

（ true） is not that simple.Every parent has their（6）

own

own

[??n] way of raising their child- no matter where they come from.
    I think parenting takes a mix of both strong discipline（訓(xùn)導(dǎo)） and emotional sensitivity（感性的關(guān)懷）.My mother is a good example.She（7）

expected

expected

（ expect） me to get high grades and pushed me to take piano lessons.But she also allowed me to have some time to myself to do（8）

what

what

I wanted.In the end，I felt like I ended up becoming a（9）

better

better

（ good） person because of this.Even those piano lessons that I disliked at first ended up helping me find my love （10）

for

for

music.
    What about your parents？Are they "tiger parents"or not？And how do you feel？