America Quote by Amy Chua

“Tiger parenting is all about raising independent, creative, courageous kids. In America today, there's a dangerous tendency to romanticize creativity in a way that may undermine it.”

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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…

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My youngest sister, Cindy, has Down syndrome, and I remember my mother spending hours and hours with her, teaching her to tie her shoelaces…

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I do believe that when your child does poorly on a test, your first step should not necessarily be to attack the teacher or…

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For my senior prom, my father finally said I could go - as long as I was home by 9pm! That was around the…

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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…

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To be honest, I know that a lot of Asian parents are secretly shocked and horrified by many aspects of Western parenting.

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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…

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Do you know what a foreign accent is? It's a sign of bravery.

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I once won a second prize in a history concert. My parents came to the ceremony. Somebody else had won the prize for best…

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The most successful hyperpowers are the ones where there was actual intermixing. Tang dynasty China was China's golden age, and contrary to what I…

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I'll smoke, I'll cough, I'll get the tumors, I'll die, deal? Thank you America. [salutes]

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