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> [“This kind of parenting was typical in much of Asia—and among Asian immigrant parents living in the United States. Contrary to the stereotype, it did not necessarily make children miserable. In fact, children raised in this way in the United…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/this-kind-of-parenting-was-typical-in-much-of-asia-and-among-asian/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

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## More by Amanda Ripley

> [Well, there isn't any one profile of a survivor, but there are profiles. Depending on the disaster you have certain advantages and disadvantages just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/well-there-isn-t-any-one-profile-of-a-survivor-but-there-are-profiles/)

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> [“Kids meet the expectations you set for them,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/kids-meet-the-expectations-you-set-for-them/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [Resilience is a precious skill. People who have it tend to also have three underlying advantages: a believe that they can influence life events;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/resilience-is-a-precious-skill-people-who-have-it-tend-to-also-have/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [ By sort of combining the research of a lot of smart people, I came up with an equation for dread \[dread=uncontrollability+unfamiliarity+imaginability+suffering+scale of destruction+unfairness\]. The… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/by-sort-of-combining-the-research-of-a-lot-of-smart-people-i-came-up/)

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> [The one thread that was most surprising and most consistent was the lack of fear that people felt at the worst moment. They felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/the-one-thread-that-was-most-surprising-and-most-consistent-was-the/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [“Since 9/11, the U.S. government has sent over $23 billion to states and cities in the name of homeland security. Almost none of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/since-9-11-the-u-s-government-has-sent-over-23-billion-to-states-and/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [“One thing was clear: To give our kids the kind of education they deserved, we had to first agree that rigor mattered most of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/one-thing-was-clear-to-give-our-kids-the-kind-of-education-they/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [“Everywhere I went, in every country, people complained about their education system. It was a universal truth and a strangely reassuring one. No one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/everywhere-i-went-in-every-country-people-complained-about-their/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [My anxiety about disasters is lower. The more you know, the less scary any of this stuff is. And that's my hope for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/my-anxiety-about-disasters-is-lower-the-more-you-know-the-less-scary/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [“In almost every other developed country, the schools with the poorest students had more teachers per student; the opposite was true in only four…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/in-almost-every-other-developed-country-the-schools-with-the-poorest/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [“These days, we tend to think of disasters as acts of God and government. Regular people only feature into the equation as victims, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/these-days-we-tend-to-think-of-disasters-as-acts-of-god-and/)

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> [“Statistically speaking, tracking tended to diminish learning and boost inequality wherever it was tried. In general, the younger tracking happened, the worse the entire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/statistically-speaking-tracking-tended-to-diminish-learning-and-boost/)

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> [“Economists had found an almost one-to-one match between PISA scores and a nation's long term economic growth. Many other things influenced economic growth, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/economists-had-found-an-almost-one-to-one-match-between-pisa-scores/)

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> [Narrative is the beginning of recovery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/narrative-is-the-beginning-of-recovery/)

[Amanda Ripley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-ripley/)

> [“The Iron Child culture was contagious; it was hard for kids and parents to resist the pressure to study more and more. But all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-ripley/the-iron-child-culture-was-contagious-it-was-hard-for-kids-and/)

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