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

As a purely mathematical fact, people who sleep less live more.

There's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't.

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.

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.

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 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.