>>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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>I heard (well, half heard--I was eating lunch and reading the paper at the same time) her interviewed on NPR yesterday. She's pretty comfortable with the choices she made.
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>Worth pointing out that this is a Chinese American (didn't hear, but I'd guess 2nd or 3rd generation). They said her husband is Jewish and had a more conventional American upbringing. Both are professors at Yale Law, and she acknowledged that there can be many different paths to success.
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I bet that couple shares a love of Chinese food ;-)