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[quote=Anonymous]I'm east asian and my parents beat the living shit out of me when I was little if I didn't study.  They also taught me RRR independent of my teacher--they taught me my times tables in elementary school before my teacher started teaching it.  Lots of books.  Very very limited TV.  Limited playtime.  No dating in HS.  I left home at 18 and never looked back.  Hated it.

So: lots of extracurricular tutoring, lots of discipline to force me to study massive amounts of time, limit other activities outside of studying.

Academically, I did *quite* well, and married another smarty-pants.  But my relationship with my parents is rocky--as is my DH's, who was also similarly pressured.

You should look at the child-parent relationship of parents of children who are the real super-high achievers: Michael Jackson, Vanessa Mae and her mom, Emmanuel Agassi and his elder children (not Andre)...they are all fucked up!

At the end of the day, it's not so great having super achieving/wealthy/famous kids who hate talking to you and can barely stand you.  Is it?

OH, and I'm sure genetics plays a role, but of course there is nothing you can do about that.

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