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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shouldn't kids use their free time for self-directed "enrichment," like free reading and research?  I understand the need to supplement if you feel that the school has gaps in the curriculum (although that's pretty depressing -- I think I'd switch schools if I could.)  But if you say have a kid who loves math, why not just let him get into coding, etc?  Or just read whatever they want to on their own?  At a certain point, don't you have to ALSO develop the values of independent intellectual pursuits?  [/quote]

It's the asian tiger mom syndrome that is now with white folks too

I was born in the 80s I went to some average school probably a 5 on great schools or something

There was no such things as enrichment or pullouts or supplementation by the school or my parents

Whats the point of making your snowflake accelerate thorugh things?  What's going to happen when they have an actual job and they aren't challenged all the time?  How will they cope[/quote]

Are you serious, or do you really have such mediocre expectations for yourself and/or your children?!?  You're also wrong about this being an "Asian tiger mom" or "white folks" thing. :roll:   I'm AA and I work very hard to provide the best possible academic enrichment and travel opportunities to my children.  My hope is that they will choose careers that keep them engaged, fulfilled and challenged (and I hope it's lucrative).[/quote]

+1  To me the whole point of supplementation / enrichment is to ensure that your child gets every opportunity to learn/advance etc. so that they have maximum opportunities later to choose a career that is fulfilling.  What parent wouldn't want this for their child?[/quote]

The smartest and most successful people I know weren't pushed into adult-led "enrichment" and "supplementation" (apart from music lessons).  They got obsessed on their own with history, D&D, coding, jazz ... [/quote]

Good for the few "smartest and most successful" people you know.  :roll: [/quote]

I don't think the averagely successful people I know were drilled after school either.  The only people I know who were drilled now have horrible relationships with their parents.  One is a school teacher and under-achieved; the other didn't go past a BA, despite being the most brilliant person I know --  he was just done with formal expectations after duly graduating from an Ivy like Mom demanded; the other is a successful academic physician.  So that's 1:3 success stories.  [/quote]

Good for you too!  I know entire families, including my own, where the children were "drilled" before/after school and on weekends.  Almost all of us have achieved a very high level of academic and professional success.  You raise your children the way you want; and let others with different styles do the same.[/quote]

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