>>Isn't she in violation of Chinas one child policy.
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>As Tamar mentioned, she's Chinese-American.
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>>Having home educated I saw a wide range of parenting styles. The only thing I learned from that is that good parenting is a pretty wide spectrum and provided you love and don't beat or starve your children then people best not judge each other.
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>I'm not making judgement about her parenting styles ... just that I wouldn't want to raise my kids quite that way (and didn't). No sleep-overs? No play-dates? (well, my kids didn't have play-dates ... they just went outside and played with all the other neighborhood kids). And what's wrong with being in school plays? I think that's a wonderful experience for a kid ... it teaches them a lot of self-confidence and to not fear public speaking (which I could have used when I was a kid).
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>~~Bonnie

I didn't think you where judging :-)

I think I'd be more down you path.

My only tip would be that a room can be successfully tidied by closing the door.