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[quote=Anonymous]Not every child can be pushed. My brother is 8 years older, and our mother said that until I was born, she considered herself a perfect parent (like the OP). My brother was very well-behaved and listened to our mother (well, he now listens to his wife despite being an IT director at work). I, on the other hand, always had my own opinion about everything and argued with everything my mom said.

My older daughter is exactly like me: doesn’t listen to anybody and follows her own path. Good luck trying to push her. Even her preschool teachers gave up when she was three and asked me to ask her to listen to them. She is now a college student pursuing her own interests.

My younger daughter is so self-motivated that my head is spinning trying to keep track of her activities. She just graduated from high school and received a college scholarship awarded to “self-motivated students”. Since early childhood, she knew what activities she wants to pursue and which ones she doesn’t. For the ones she wanted to do, she pushed us to sign her up and drive her around. [/quote]

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