“I do think that maybe, even subconsciously, a lot of parents in the West are wondering, have we gone too far in the direction of coddling and protecting - you know, you see kids, sometimes that seem very rude and disrespectful. And the more important thing is they don't seem that happy.”

American legal scholar, corporate lawyer, and writer

Amy Lynn Chua is an American legal scholar, corporate lawyer, and writer. She is the John M. Duff Jr. Professor of Law at Yale Law School, where she focuses on international business transactions, law and development, ethnic conflict, and globalization. She joined Yale in 2001 after teaching at Duke Law School for seven years. Before entering academia, she worked as a corporate law associate at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton.