Amy Chua Quotes About Mothers

Quotes about: Mothers

• 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.

  Amy Chua

  Daughter, Mother, Kids

  Amy Chua (2011). “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”, p.10, Bloomsbury Publishing

• I was raised, myself, by extremely strict but also extremely loving Chinese immigrant parents. To this day, I believe that their having high expectations for me, coupled with love, was the greatest gift that anyone's ever given me. And so that's why, even though my husband is not Chinese, I try to raise my own two daughters the same way.

  Amy Chua

  Daughter, Mother, Husband

  "A Memoir Of A 'Tiger Mother's' Quest For Perfection". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel and Michele Norris, www.npr.org. January 14, 2011.

• I say 'I love you' to my daughters every day.

  Amy Chua

  Daughter, Mother, Love You

• Oddly enough, I'm not a particularly judgmental person. I just don't have a lot of filtering when I'm in 'tiger mother' mode. I say what comes into my head.

  Amy Chua

  Mother, Judgmental, Enough

• I am definitely a Type A personality, always rushing around, trying to do too much, not good at just lying on the beach. But I'm so thankful for everything I have: wonderfully supportive parents and sisters, the best husband in the world, terrific students I love teaching and hanging out with, and above all, my two amazing daughters.

  Amy Chua

  Daughter, Mother, Beach

• I kind of - I like my life, I feel I have lots of opportunities. And my parents actually having had such high expectations for me - I would say it's the greatest gift that anyone has ever given me. I complained a lot when I was little, but that's how I feel now. And that's why I tried to do the same with my two daughters.

  Amy Chua

  Daughter, Mother, Opportunity

  "TalkAsia" with Sara Sidner, www.cnn.com. February 3, 2012.

• Everything I do as a mother builds on a foundation of love and compassion.

  Amy Chua

  Mother, Compassion, Foundation

• 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.

  Amy Chua

  Daughter, Mother, Yelling

  "Amy Chua: 'I'm going to take all your stuffed animals and burn them!'". Interview with Heather Hodson, www.theguardian.com. January 14, 2011.

• I'm a proud strict mom and, you know, I'm really proud of the two daughters I've raised. And I'm especially proud of my relationship with them. We're very close. I think we're good friends.

  Amy Chua

  Mom, Mother, Daughter

  "TalkAsia" with Sara Sidner, www.cnn.com. February 3, 2012.

• There are all these new books out there portraying Asian mothers as scheming, callous, overdriven people indifferent to their kids' true interests. For their part, many Chinese secretly believe that they care more about their children and are willing to sacrifice much more for them than Westerners, who seem perfectly content to let their children turn out badly. I think it's a misunderstanding on both sides. 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.

  Amy Chua

  Mother, Children, Believe

  "But Will It All Make 'Tiger Mom' Happy?" by Janet Maslin, www.nytimes.com. January 19, 2011.

• When I was little, my parents really only wanted me to be a scientist or a doctor; they had never even heard of law school. I think even these days if you were to tell your mother you want to be a fashion designer, or an artist or a writer, a lot of Asian parents would be alarmed because they don't think that's a secure career.

  Amy Chua

  Mother, Fashion, School

• My youngest sister, Cindy, has Down syndrome, and I remember my mother spending hours and hours with her, teaching her to tie her shoelaces on her own, drilling multiplication tables with Cindy, practicing piano every day with her. No one expected Cindy to get a Ph.D.! But my mom wanted her to be the best she could be, within her limits.

  Amy Chua

  Mom, Mother, Teaching

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