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Another View of Raising Children
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14/01/2011 03:49:29
 
 
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>Anybody else read this?
>
>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576059713528698754.html?reflink=djm_wsj_mu0111_chuabookexcerpt#articleTabs%3Darticle
>
>Title of the article is "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior" and here's an excerpt:
>
>Here are some things my daughters, Sophia and Louisa, were never allowed to do:
>
>• attend a sleepover
>• have a playdate
>• be in a school play
>• complain about not being in a school play
>• watch TV or play computer games
>• choose their own extracurricular activities
>• get any grade less than an A
>• not be the No. 1 student in every subject except gym and drama
>• play any instrument other than the piano or violin
>• not play the piano or violin.

>
>A bit much, I think ... other comments & opinions?

I understand it has raised quite the s--tstorm in the mommysphere < g >
Regards. Al

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