>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?
>
>~~Bonnie

When I was in school we had a girl in our class who was raised in a box (Skinner box). She didn't get to go to school until 3rd grade IIRC.

She certainly was a great student academically.

OTOH she was absolutely incapable of having a conversation with someone socially and was about as physically active as a wet piece of toast.

She was in my class through junior year in HS (when my family moved to Florida). Dunno what became of her. I don't think she ever recovered socially or physically.

Personally, I think a kid should be allowed to be a kid (and not a sheep like the PC crowd wants now).