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 do believe that when your child does poorly on a test, your first step should not necessarily be to attack the teacher or the school's curriculum. It should be to look at the idea that, maybe, the child didn't work hard enough.

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

I do think that maybe, even subconsciously, a lot of parents in the West are wondering, have we gone too far in the direction of coddling and protecting - you know, you see kids, sometimes that seem very rude and disrespectful. And the more important thing is they don't seem that happy.

Once you get to the Enlightenment, the way that powers get to be hyperpowers isn't just by conquest. It's through commerce and innovation. Societies like the Dutch Republic and the United States used tolerance to become a magnet for enterprising immigrants.

Kids raised to be pampered and spoiled don't really end up being good leaders. Leaders need to be independent minded and confident.

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