I’m not holding myself out as a model, but I do believe that we in America can ask more of children than we typically do, and they will not only respond to the challenge, but...

As a purely mathematical fact, people who sleep less live more.

There are all kinds of psychological disorders in the West that don’t exist in Asia.

Once when I was young-maybe more than once-when I was extremely disrespectful to my mother, my father angrily called me “garbage” in our native Hokkien dialect. It worked really well. I felt terrible and deeply...

But just because you love something, I added to myself, doesn’t mean you’ll ever be great. Not if you don’t work. Most people stink at the things they love.

Extra credit is not extra. It’s just credit. It’s what separates the good students from the bad students.””Aww – recess is so fun,” Lulu offered as her final sally. But after that, Lulu, like Sophia....

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...