No more mother hens, here come the “tiger mothers”. Their credo: in an ever more competitive world, you have to educate children the hard way, to make them “winners”. Waking up at 5 a.m. to go swimming, no TV, even less video games , lessons learned by heart. Very far from the permissive education advocated in the 1970s by Françoise Dolto, these new mothers are increasingly being emulated. A fashion born in Asia, like Amy Shua, an American of Chinese origin whose testimonial book has become a bestseller. In Hong Kong, report with a Franco-Malaysian family whose mother “pushes” her children to the point of applying this education to the letter. With what results?

"Tiger moms", the return of education the hard way

Directed by: Emmanuelle Cohen