>Anybody else read this?
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>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576059713528698754.html?reflink=djm_wsj_mu0111_chuabookexcerpt#articleTabs%3Darticle
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>Title of the article is "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior" and here's an excerpt:
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>Here are some things my daughters, Sophia and Louisa, were never allowed to do:
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>• 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.
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>A bit much, I think ... other comments & opinions?
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>~~Bonnie

I haven't read the entire article (will try to later), did it mention that most have their parents (the child's grandparents) raise them for the first few years? I have quite a few Chinese friends (from China not American born) who have their grandparents raise their child until they start school. According to all of them, it is the norm.