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

Both of my girls have very high self-esteem because they were both able to master certain things; I should think that's good for their confidence.

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.

Some parents let their kids sleep at other people's houses, where they drink alcohol, watch TV for hours and God knows what else. But if you say you have to get all A's and practice the violin for two hours, then they consider that abusive. That upsets me.

The truth is I'm not good at enjoying life.

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.

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.