Tiger Mom Blues - 親親我好媽
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Full-time mom Cha Heung Sin grew up under the strict discipline of first-generation tiger mom Ding Kwai Yin. She unintentionally formulatesa series of monster-style rules for her two daughters, causing resentment from her elder daughter Yim Sin Yue. Mother and daughter are constantly at war with each other. Husband Yim Ha normally plays the role of mediator to ease the tension, but he is facing a mid-life crisisand the temptation to have an extramarital affair. The couple head towards separation... Cha Heung Sinis not just strict at home, she is also tough to outsiders. She fights bitterly with Yuen Yuen at the parent-teacher association. Luckily, Man Ga Hei, a fearless disciplinary mistress, capably handles the situation and eventually turns the two tiger moms into friends who share with eachother the little known hardships of being a tiger mom. Cha Heung Sin wholeheartedly forges a path for her daughter to become a talented woman, but discovers that Yim Sin Yue is dating Man Ga Hei's younger brother, Man Leung Hei. Cha Heung Sin joins forces with Man Ga Hei to break up the young couple. A secret that has been kept for over ten years is exposed, driving the mother-daughter relationship to the brink of collapse...

社會競爭激烈,香港學生於備受爭議的教育制度下,要應付TSA、DSE、IELTS等公開試,沒完沒了。為讓子女贏在起跑線,母親放下溫柔慈愛的面孔,化身張牙舞爪的老虎,以絕對的權威逼使兒女裝備自己,為的只是替他們的將來鋪路,但要成就下一代的未來,有時難免被孩子誤會、討厭。為人子女,也未必會立刻明白兇猛虎媽背後的一片苦心。


港式虎媽 教女嚴格

典型港式虎媽查向善(江美儀飾)與任職驗樓師的丈夫嚴夏(黃智賢飾)育有十七歲的長女嚴茜瑜(江嘉敏飾)、十一歲的幼女嚴茜聰。向善一直對兩名女兒嚴加管教。茜瑜早已習慣母親的高壓統治,無論要求多麼嚴格,均會盡力完成;茜聰倔強好動,向善需要軟硬兼施。栽培兩女的過程中,向善身心俱疲。幸有嚴夏經常充當和事老,不惜成為妻子與女兒之間的磨心,將家人牽在一起。然而,家庭融洽的背後,卻隱藏着一個秘密……


中年危機 好爸越軌

向善爭取當上女兒就讀學校的家教會主席,卻遇上勁敵袁圓(呂慧儀飾)相爭。二人為此各自討好訓導主任文嘉熙(陳敏之飾),可謂出盡法寶,嘉熙卻不為所動。袁圓出身富豪家庭,在丈夫高仁(曾偉權飾)面前總是高高在上,引致婚姻出現危機。向善將心比己,不計前嫌為袁圓出謀獻策,實行港媽大改造,袁圓終於重拾丈夫的心。

向善卻能醫不自醫,枕邊人嚴夏因讀書時考不上大學,建築師夢碎,活到半生沒有一件值得驕傲的事情,不自覺間陷入中年危機!嚴夏及後更被揭和一位工作上認識的女性產生曖昧感情,與向善的夫妻關係亦陷於膠着狀態。


老師校工 咫尺天涯

另一邊廂,茜瑜深受祖母魯花(盧宛茵飾)疼愛,卻得不到外婆于佳妍(米雪飾)的歡心。茜瑜愛跳芭蕾舞,對曾為「舞后」的芭蕾舞學校校長佳妍非常崇拜。茜瑜希望獲得外婆的認同,可是佳妍總是對她嚴格又冷淡,婆孫間彷彿築起一堵牆。

茜瑜感到母親施加的管教壓力越來越大,跟同樣面對家庭問題的文亮熙(何廣沛飾),同病相憐,互生好感……亮熙正值反叛青春期,與既是老師又是姊姊的嘉熙,關係漸行漸遠。新入職的校工成吉思(韋家雄飾)卻成為這對姊弟的溝通橋樑。嘉熙和吉思互有好感,奈何身份的差別令彼此的距離似近還遠……


永不言棄 重建家庭

向善反對茜瑜和亮熙相戀,對於女兒的升學選科問題,亦堅決不肯讓步,以致母女關係緊張;茜瑜及後更離家出走。面對丈夫、女兒相繼「變節」,向善深受雙重打擊,大感痛心卻未有輕言放棄,並決心發揮打不死的港媽精神,重建甜蜜的家……