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You know, parenting is so personal. And we're all afraid that we didn't quite get it right. And it feels like the stakes are so high. By we - what if we made a mistake?

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Amy Chua
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 26
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Amy L. Chua
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When I was little, my parents really only wanted me to be a scientist or a doctor they had never even heard of law school. I think even these days if you were to tell your mother you want to be a fashion designer, or an artist or a writer, a lot of Asian parents would be alarmed because they don't think that's a secure career.
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Never complain or make excuses. If something seems unfair, just prove yourself by working twice as hard and being twice as good.
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I'm suggesting that, ironically, the secret to becoming a world 'hyperpower' is tolerance. If you look at history, you see great powers being very tolerant in their rise to global dominance.
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Instilling a sense of self-discipline and focus when the kids are younger makes it so much easier by the time they get into high school.
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There's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't.
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My dogs can't do anything--and what a relief. I don't make any demands of them, and I don't try to shape them or their future. For the most part, I trust them to make the right choices for themselves. I always look forward to seeing them, and I love just watching them sleep. What a great relationship.
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The Romans thought of themselves as the chosen people, yet they built the greatest army on Earth by recruiting warriors from any background.
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We all want to do the right thing for our children. We all don't know what that is and we all - you know, you won't know until the future.
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The most successful hyperpowers are the ones where there was actual intermixing. Tang dynasty China was Chinas golden age, and contrary to what I was told when I was growing up, Tang China was founded by a man who by todays standards was no more than half Chinese. It was a mixed-blood dynasty that pulled in barbarians from the steppe.
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When my kids wanted to give up on things, I wouldn't let them, and those are lifelong lessons.
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When I'm not the Tiger Mom, I'm a professor at Yale Law School, and if one thing is clear to me from years of teaching, it's that there are many ways to produce fabulous kids. I have amazing students some of them have strict parents, others have lenient parents, and many come from family situations that defy easy description.
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A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.
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The Chinese model calls for giving your kids very little choice - and I've come to see that you can go too far with that. On the other hand, I also believe that Western parents sometimes give their young kids too much choice.
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Tenacious practice, practice, practice is crucial for excellence rote repetition is underrated in America.
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Every day that you don't practice is a day you're getting worse.
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Both of my girls have very high self-esteem because they were both able to master certain things I should think that's good for their confidence.
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Be modest, be humble, be simple.
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Parenting cannot just be one size fits all.
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Unlike Western parents, reminding my child of Lord Voldemort didn't bother me.
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All decent parents want to do what's best for their children. The Chinese just have a totally different idea of how to do that.
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