Amy Chua Quotes (66 quotes)

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„My children grew up with one Western parent. My husband doesn't believe in raising his voice with the kids and we don't spank. They were really raised in a half-Asian family.“
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„I was raised by extremely strict - but also extremely loving - Chinese immigrant parents, and I had the most wonderful childhood! I remember laughing constantly with my parents - my dad is a real character and very funny. I certainly did wish they allowed to me do more things!“
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„I think there are many ways to raise great kids. From what I can tell, Ayelet Waldman's kids are interesting, strong, and happy, and if that's the case, that's good parenting.“
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„I'm a slave to my dogs and go out with them almost every day. They are poorly behaved if they don't run. They really act up.“
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„I do play tennis, but I don't really like competition. I'm supposed to be so intense, but I hate competition.“
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„Everything I do as a mother builds on a foundation of love and compassion.“
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„A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.“
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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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„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 do not think there was anything abusive in my house. Yet, I stand by a lot of my critiques of Western parenting. I think there's a lot of questions about how you instill true self-esteem.“
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„When my children were young, I was very cocky. I thought I could maintain total control.“
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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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„You can't invent Google, Facebook or the iPod unless you've mastered the basics, are willing to put in long hours and can pick yourself up from the floor when life knocks you down the first 10 times.“
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„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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„The Chinese mom is not the helicopter mom. I would never do their homework for them. It's all about: Take responsibility, don't blame others. Be self-reliant. Never blame the teacher.“
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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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„Some people don't need parental commitment, they will still come out great, but for others, parents can be critical in providing moral and academic guidance.“
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„Parenting is the hardest thing I have ever done. I tried to find the balance between the strict, traditional Chinese way I was raised, which I think can be too harsh, and what I see as a tendency in the West to be too permissive and indulgent. If I could do it all again, I would, with some adjustments.“
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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 on her own, drilling multiplication tables with Cindy, practicing piano every day with her. No one expected Cindy to get a Ph.D.! But my mom wanted her to be the best she could be, within her limits.“
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„China cannot pull in the best and brightest from all over the world. It's an ethnically defined nation, the opposite of an immigrant nation. You don't see a lot of American engineers trying to be Chinese citizens.“
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Amy Chua
Author born: October 26, 1962
Nationality: American
Author Profession: Educator

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