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[quote=Anonymous][quote]It's not a choice of study vs. sport. It's a choice of study & sport vs. TV. In our house the kids do 3 hours of study each day and 2 hours of Ice Hockey or Tae Kwon Do each day. That's 35 hours a week. The White House recently reported "average" kid watched 40 hours a week of TV. OK, they may be missing out on all the TV shows but I'm OK with that. They are happy and well adjusted.

I don't doubt if I said "fine do whatever you want" they might plop themselves in front of the TV with a bowl of ice cream but that's not my parenting style. You could call me a tiger dad (although I'm white) and I'd take it as a complement.

I don't worry about my kids having to compete with other high achievers (I like it actually) and I sure don't believe there is reverse discrimination at TJ. I do worry about the idea that there are people who believe somehow hard work and commitment are unfair and should be stopped. I don't think my kids would be better off if they studied and exercised less and watched more TV, but that's just me..... [/quote]

According to a many DCUM posters, your approach with your kids gets them top scores.  Your kids are therefore "prepped" and "packaged" and this makes it a rat race for them and their kids.  These posters don't like this.  Because it may force their own kids to turn off the TV and study harder. This will make their Marlboro men less "Rhodes Scholar-type" leaders and "less interesting".  More importantly, this approach will cut into our multiple planned vacations during the year so we can recoup our sanity on the threadmill of life.  What are these posters to do?  They don't want their children attending Podunk University.
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