Cindy Chen
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Deep in most Chinese parents' mind, education is the most, if not the only, important way for children to stand in society. This has been the tradition for over 2000+ years in China.
In this situation, most parents hope their children to be good students, and get good grades in school. This leads to the current trend for achieving high scores in schools.
Many education experts in China are working hard to enrich school education, yet the pressure for better grades is high, and improvement has a long, long way to go.
Parents in other cultures may not view grades are the only measurement in education, because their cultures or societies are more open, and create more opportunities. ...
How and what parents do for their kids' education is heavily influenced by their culture and societies.
My two cents,
Cindy
> Jacqui Chew wrote:
> Hans:
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>I am no expert in parenting but I think my parents did a fabulous job with raising me. So here are a few thoughts on this topic from that perspective.
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>I think yours is a universal issue for parents in all cultures that value knowledge and education. I've seperated the two as discrete segments because knowledge doesn't necessarily come from receiving a traditional education and education comes in a plethora of forms.
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>Parenting is more an artform than a science and those who proclaim they've found the magic bullet are either arrogant or delusional. There are, however, key principles to parenting and providing access to knowledge is but one aspect of it. Spending time with one's child and letting him/her experience the values that one wants to impart from one's action is a key ingredient but sorely lacking in many families across cultures. The ability to make and admit to mistakes in the presence of one's child is more important than one can imagine. The child learns so much more from the parent's foibles and HOW the parent handles these foibles than from being TOLD what to do and what not to do.
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>Jacqui
>> Hans Kumlin wrote:
>> The idea of educating children nowadays is not an easy one. At least not in my opinion. I've grown up in 3 families, been to so many places and had so many brothers and sisters from countries so different from each other. Sometimes for fun the topic comes up between me and Nellie about our future children, but it's still a distant project.
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>>I'm curious how different people look upon education and raising children. Does anyone in here have experience or ideas on the topic? Here in China I feel the competition is very hard among young people, and it's a headache for many parents how to provide a good foundation for their children. Or is it? It's just the way I feel.
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>>Feel free to post your opinions
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