Parenting cannot just be one size fits all.

Everything I've ever done that's valuable is something I was afraid to try.

Most things are difficult at the beginning and they become fun, something you love, only after you've worked at them.

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

What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you're good at it. pg 29

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 sort of feel like people are not that honest about their own parenting. Take any teenage household; tell me there is not yelling and conflict.