My Goal As A Parent Is To

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.

You Can't Invent Google, Facebook Or The Ipod Unless You've Mastered The Basics, Are Willing To Put In Long Hours And Can Pick Yourself Up From The Floor When Life Knocks You Down The First 10 Times.

There's Nothing Better For Building Confidence Than Learning You Can Do Something You Thought You Couldn't.

Nothing Is Fun Until You're Good At It.

The Fact Is That Chinese Parents Can Do Things That Would Seem Unimaginable-even Legally Actionable-to Westerners. Chinese Mothers Can Say To Their Daughters, "hey Fatty-lose Some Weight." By Contrast, Western Parents Have To Tiptoe Around The Issue, Talking In Terms Of "health" And Never Ever Mentioning The F-word, And Their Kids Still End Up In Therapy For Eating Disorders And Negative Self Image.