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The comment below the article is spot on: this guy is the tigerest of tiger parents. He just didn't care about good grades, but he devoted a lot of time and energy to his kids. As a result they experienced more of life (the humanities in particular) and developed an intrinsic drive to think and learn and perform well.

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The one difference with Amy Chua Tiger Parent philosophy, is that her version is "no, you WILL practice the piano and I don't care if you want to or not."

He at least gives lip service to the idea that he would not have pushed them towards something they weren't interested in.

But yeah, as long as his kid at least vocalized agreement to pursue something, he went all in Tiger Parent style with intensely pursuing that goal along with his kid.

Most people associate tiger parenting with the "you must practice the piano or I will hurt you physically, emotionally, or both" mentality. The original tigress was also incredibly restrictive of who her kids could associate with. In contrast, this article just sounds like a return on a sound investment.

I'm not sure why you claim to know the mind of "most people" but another looser definition is just hands-on parenting, which can be authoritarian as in your usage, or authoritative, as in this case.

I also strongly associate the term with authoritarian parenting

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