Amy Chua
Born: 10-25-1962
Amy Chua is a renowned American lawyer, academic, and author known for her work on globalization and parenting. She is a professor at Yale Law School and gained fame with her controversial memoir, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," which sparked widespread discussion on parenting styles. Chua's expertise extends to international relations and ethnic conflicts, and she has authored several influential books on these subjects.
Book summaries for books written by Amy Chua
Quotes
What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you're good at it.
The solution to substandard performance is always to excoriate, punish and shame the child.
The Chinese believe that the best way to protect their children is by preparing them for the future, letting them see what they're capable of, and arming them with skills, work habits, and inner confidence that no one can ever take away.
The fact is, my girls are just simply too young to make judgments about what's good for them.
The truth is that Chinese parents can do things that would seem unimaginable—even legally actionable—to Westerners.
I'm not into this 'caring' and 'nurturing' stuff.
What is the point of working so hard if you're not going to be the best?
A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what these parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies.
I assumed that when they saw how hard I was working, they would be inspired to work hard too.
The Chinese mother believes that (1) schoolwork is for your own good, (2) parents know what is best for their children, and (3) children just don't know what's good for them.
Chinese parents believe that they know what is best for their children and therefore override all of their children's own desires and preferences.
I'm going to get a lot of grief for this, but I'm not convinced that math and science are the way to go.