Amy Chua Quotes

Ultimately, very few people parent their kids in ways that strike anybody else as reasoned, appropriate or sane.

A child who has overcome challenges with proper emotional support will emerge stronger.

Many people are worried about my mental health. But as I've said many times, we're stronger than we think we are.

Dealing with depression effectively is a mark not of weakness, but of strength.

I think it's so important to have a great support network when you feel like you can't - I would actually go and talk to the people who tell you that you can.

It's important to remember, most people have been bullied, and it makes you a stronger person in the long run.

The greatest thing you can give a child is confidence.

I was bullied and picked on because I was so different to everyone else, and I definitely didn't believe or even know I was fabulous back then. But those hard times made me everything I am today. It's all water under the bridge now, but being bullied and going through adversity definitely made me stronger.

I don't need a good skate to make everything OK.

We all go through sad times, but I was brought up to be positive.

I take parenting incredibly seriously. I want to be there for my kids and help them navigate the world, and develop skills, emotional intelligence, to enjoy life, and I'm lucky to be able to do that and have two healthy, normal boys.

As a father, my first priority is to help my sons set and attain personal goals so they will develop self-confidence and individual strength. Engaging in regular fitness activities with my children helps me fulfill those responsibilities.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

Yes, I did and a lot of my friends who are in the same program as I were very much supportive, and the most important thing they said to me is do not let this interfere with what you have to do in taking car of yourself. That was the most important thing.

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness.

For decades, parents were told by so-called parenting 'experts' that offspring would be best raised on the belief each is special and entitled to all life has to offer.

By birth and upbringing, I think I'm emotionally resilient. I don't feel like I'm a depressive person.

We all need some TLC and to pat ourselves on the back from time to time.

In that I found being able to talk to my family about my feelings, praying for strength and realizing that our lives have a deep purpose and the journey of our lives is to find out what that is and express it, was the only way I could have gotten through it.

As for kids who are struggling personally, ignore the bullies! Who cares what they think? A lot of the time, they're not thinking, so you shouldn't take their words to heart. Ignore, ignore, ignore, and keep pushing forward.

I don't have the best self esteem; mine wavers month to month, but I know how to pick myself up.

Aim high and don't sell yourself short. Know that you're capable. Understand that a lot of people battle with a lot of things - depression, body image or whatever else - so know that it's not just you. You're not alone.

I think that the majority of messages are validating messages to confirm the survival of conscious. And many times that validation message is negative or sad.

I don't claim to know everything about parenting, but I do know parents do their children a disservice by constantly sugarcoating their shortcomings to protect their feelings.

Thankfully, I was given a strong base by my parents, an understanding of who I was and my strength.