Everything I do as a mother builds on a foundation of love and compassion.

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

Parenting cannot just be one size fits all.

Westerners often laud their children as 'talented' or 'gifted', while Asian parents highlight the importance of hard work. And in fact, research performed by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck has found that the way parents offer approval affects the way children perform, even the way they feel about themselves.

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

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.

I worry that by losing my temper so much and being so harsh and yelling so much that, by example, I will have taught my daughters to be that way, and I'm now constantly telling them not to do that.