The trouble when you're doing something illegal is that you know what you're doing. You're lying to your parents, you're lying to... →
Tommy Chong
I used to joke for years that I was a black man. I adopted the black culture, the black race. I married a black woman, and I had black kids. I always... →
I was the one that in a very overconfident immigrant way thought I knew exactly how to raise my kids. My husband was much more typical. He had a lot... →
Amy Chua
Kids raised to be pampered and spoiled don't really end up being good leaders. Leaders need to be independent minded and confident.
Instilling a sense of self-discipline and focus when the kids are younger makes it so much easier by the time they get into high school.
There's a lot of rudeness and sullen behavior and kids that are very entitled and spoiled, just buy me more stuff. I didn't want to raise... →
The Chinese model calls for giving your kids very little choice - and I've come to see that you can go too far with that. On the other hand, I... →
When my kids wanted to give up on things, I wouldn't let them, and those are lifelong lessons.
My children grew up with one Western parent. My husband doesn't believe in raising his voice with the kids and we don't spank. They were... →
'Sesame Street' was a pioneering educational T.V. show, intended to help underprivileged children. But even those of us middle-class kids... →
Sarah Churchwell