Do you know what a foreign accent is? It's a sign of bravery.

You know, parenting is so personal. And we're all afraid that we didn't quite get it right. And it feels like the stakes are so high. By we - what if we made a mistake?

Every day that you don't practice is a day you're getting worse.

But just because you love something, I added to myself, doesn't mean you'll ever be great. Not if you don't work. Most people stink at the things they love.

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.

When I'm not the Tiger Mom, I'm a professor at Yale Law School, and if one thing is clear to me from years of teaching, it's that there are many ways to produce fabulous kids. I have amazing students; some of them have strict parents, others have lenient parents, and many come from family situations that defy easy description.

The Romans thought of themselves as the chosen people, yet they built the greatest army on Earth by recruiting warriors from any background.