Oddly enough, I'm not a particularly judgmental person. I just don't have a lot of filtering when I'm in 'tiger mother' mode. I say what comes into my head.

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

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.

I'm suggesting that, ironically, the secret to becoming a world 'hyperpower' is tolerance. If you look at history, you see great powers being very tolerant in their rise to global dominance.

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

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