“In Chinese culture, it wouldn't occur to kids to question or talk back to their parents. In American culture, kids in books, TV shows and movies constantly score points with their snappy back talk. Typically, it's the parents who need to be taught a life lesson - by their children.”

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.