Amy Chua

The Chinese mom is not the helicopter mom. I would never do their homework for them. It's all about: Take responsibility, don't…

— Amy Chua

Parenting is the hardest thing I have ever done. I tried to find the balance between the strict, traditional Chinese way I…

— Amy Chua

I was raised, myself, by extremely strict but also extremely loving Chinese immigrant parents. To this day, I believe that their having…

— Amy Chua

Be modest, be humble, be simple,

— Amy Chua

There are all kinds of psychological disorders in the West that don't exist in Asia.

— Amy Chua

I was the one that in a very overconfident immigrant way thought I knew exactly how to raise my kids. My husband…

— Amy Chua

You know, I think it's so ironic that we're calling hard work, striving for excellence, don't blame others, you know, don't give…

— Amy Chua

I do play tennis, but I don't really like competition. I'm supposed to be so intense, but I hate competition.

— Amy Chua

Questioning authority is, I think, a great thing to instill in children. I just didn't have enough of that when I was…

— Amy Chua

In Chinese culture, it wouldn't occur to kids to question or talk back to their parents. In American culture, kids in books,…

— Amy Chua

I say 'I love you' to my daughters every day.

— Amy Chua

I kind of - I like my life; I feel I have lots of opportunities. And my parents actually having had such…

— Amy Chua

Both of my girls have very high self-esteem because they were both able to master certain things; I should think that's good…

— Amy Chua

Parenting cannot just be one size fits all.

— Amy Chua

There are all these new books out there portraying Asian mothers as scheming, callous, overdriven people indifferent to their kids' true interests.…

— Amy Chua

It may be the optimist in me, but I think America has a uniquely powerful and capacious glue internally. The American identity…

— Amy Chua

I was raised by extremely strict - but also extremely loving - Chinese immigrant parents, and I had the most wonderful childhood!…

— Amy Chua

“As it happens, the first souvenir I bought was a dried llama fetus. Revolting as it may sound, my poor stillborn llama…

— Amy Chua

I do not think there was anything abusive in my house. Yet, I stand by a lot of my critiques of Western…

— Amy Chua

You can coddle your child and tell them, 'You're the best no matter what.' But in the end, when they go out…

— Amy Chua

There's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't.

— Amy Chua

China cannot pull in the best and brightest from all over the world. It's an ethnically defined nation, the opposite of an…

— Amy Chua

As a purely mathematical fact, people who sleep less live more.

— Amy Chua

You know, parenting is so personal. And we're all afraid that we didn't quite get it right. And it feels like the…

— Amy Chua

Every day that you don't practice is a day you're getting worse.

— Amy Chua