My goal as a parent is to prepare you for the future, not to make you like me.

I once won a second prize in a history concert. My parents came to the ceremony. Somebody else had won the prize for best all-around student. Afterwards my father said to me, 'Never, ever disgrace me like that again.' When I tell my Western friends, they are aghast. But I adore my father. It didn't knock my self-esteem at all.

Never complain or make excuses. If something seems unfair, just prove yourself by working twice as hard and being twice as good.

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.

I am definitely a Type A personality, always rushing around, trying to do too much, not good at just lying on the beach. But I'm so thankful for everything I have: wonderfully supportive parents and sisters, the best husband in the world, terrific students I love teaching and hanging out with, and above all, my two amazing daughters.

All decent parents want to do what's best for their children. The Chinese just have a totally different idea of how to do that.

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.