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A lot of parents today are terrified that something they say to their children might make them 'feel bad.' But, hey, if…
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Kids raised to be pampered and spoiled don't really end up being good leaders. Leaders need to be independent minded and confident.
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Real self-esteem has to be earned. I also believe in virtuous circles, like, nothing is fun until you are good at it.…
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I do think that maybe, even subconsciously, a lot of parents in the West are wondering, have we gone too far in…
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Don't assume your child is weak. If you, the parent, assume that they can't take anymore, what kind of signal are you…
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I sort of feel like people are not that honest about their own parenting. Take any teenage household; tell me there is…
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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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I was raised, myself, by extremely strict but also extremely loving Chinese immigrant parents. To this day, I believe that their having…
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Genghis Khan decreed religious tolerance for all of his conquered peoples. So I think he definitely would approve of our constitutional protections…
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A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.
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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…
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Everything I do as a mother builds on a foundation of love and compassion.
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My upbringing in Canada made me the person I am. I will always be proud to be a Canadian.
— Jim Carrey
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I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as…
— Amy Chua
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On the one hand, the idea of marriage and the sort of traditional family life repulses me. But on the other hand,…
— Madonna Ciccone
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What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with…
— Pete Townshend
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Although I was raised Jewish, my upbringing didn't include any formal religious education or training.
— Melissa Gilbert
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Music saved me; I mean, my upbringing was like a hurricane, and music was the tree I held onto.
— Eddie Vedder
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The more I separate myself from my upbringing, the more I appreciate what it's done for me.
— Lucinda Williams
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A lot of my upbringing was about denying or fretting or evading,
— Jhumpa Lahiri
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As is said about most writers: on the one hand all I ever did from when I was a child was read,…
— Elfriede Jelinek
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You know, so I was a weird eccentric kid but I did believe in the power of the word and of the…
— Thomas Keneally
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Bono is my inspiration - not only as a rock star but as a humanitarian. We aren't just put on this earth…
— Jesse McCartney
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My upbringing gave me a strong will, a mental aggressiveness in what I wanted to achieve.
— Paul Tergat
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