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Psychological and behavioral control
Tiger parents try to reinforce higher levels of psychological and behavioral control over their children than other parents. Tempering a child's self-esteem may be part of this strategy. Psychological control comes in many forms but it rooted when parents work to constrain children’s autonomy through psychologically manipulative tactics such as the withdrawal of love or induction of guilt. While behavioral control is focused on setting limits on children's activities, often referring to academics and limiting behavioral problems.

In Chua's memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, she mentions an incident that she yelled at her daughters, calling them ‘garbage’ in public. It has been shown that tiger parents are less likely than other parents to compliment their children in public as well. Children raised by tiger parents may be met with emotional threats and low-impact physical punishments if they failed to practice their piano scales and meet their her expectations. Moreover, some tiger parents do not allow their children to make some decisions on their own, whether in academia or daily life. For instance, Chua's daughters were not allowed to watch TV at night or have sleepovers with their schoolmates.

Immigration, acculturation, and values
During the past 30 years the Asian American population has increased due to increased immigration to the United States. Today, Asian Americans have recently surpassed Hispanics as the largest immigrant group in the United States. Immigration comes with may consequences, many positive and many negative, when it comes to economics, political, and psycho-social changes through intercultural contact in new host countries.

It is important to understand that Asian Americans trace their roots to dozens of regions and countries across the Asian continent. Although this article predominantly focuses on tiger parenting as a Chinese-American phenomenon it can be found across Asian culture by trends found in Asian immigration.

Acculturation \ə-ˌkəl-chə-ˈrā-shən can be defined as is an adaptive process which occurs both on an individual and group level when intercultural exchange happens. According to Barry's model of acculturation there are four key strategies including (1) assimilation - the acceptation of the host countries dominant culture, (2) separation - the acceptation of one's native culture, (3) integration - adopting both the host countries and native countries cultures, and (4) marginalization - the rejection of both cultures. In relation to tiger parenting acculturation is a key predictor of the mother's expectations of their children.

Values /ˈvalyo͞os/, in a sociological sense, are a culture's standards for discerning what is considered good, bad, beautiful and ugly, and sought after and avoided. These are deeply embedded into the foundation of culture and society suggesting how people should behave, although there may be some deviation.

Asian Americans are distinctive in that their values are represented as a whole when compared with other U.S. adults. Asian Americans on average exceed with having a high rate of college completion, traditionally seen as a predecessor of financial and career success. They have a strong emphasis for family and successful marriages, where being a good parent is one of the most important aspects of life. They are most likely to have multi generational households with at least two generations living together. And, have a strong belief in the rewards of hard work. Altogether these values and beliefs work together to formulate the phenomena of the tiger parent in Asian cultures.

Parenting styles in comparison
Parenting styles are a combination of beliefs, attitudes, and values that provide context for parental behavior.