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January 15, 2006
Stars are born early - with the support of parents
How do you know that your child is on its way to become a star? Well, this discussion is always of interest. Is it better to have both parents around, do you trust your maid to take care of your children, is short but intensive quality time better than quantity time that is wasted in front of the TV? Or how beneficial is it to send your child from one tuition center to the next?
"The seeds of their success (the ones who became stars later on) were sown long before they started ninth grade. The survey results, based on 72% of the 378 winners responding, are telling in terms of their family lives:
• 94% said they grew up in homes with both a mother and a father.
• 57% of their fathers had doctorates, and 58% of their mothers had a master's degree or doctorate. More than 95% of the fathers and 91% of the mothers had at least a bachelor's degree, and 100% of the parents had at least a high school diploma.
• In 43% of the families, only one parent worked outside the home for the majority of the student's school years."
"What's most significant is the way parents live and demonstrate that they value education. In the survey, parental involvement/influence was rated "very important" to their high school success by 81% of the respondents — slightly more than "personal work ethic" (79%), "finding an activity I was passionate about" (77%) and "a great teacher or mentor" (74%)."
So, when was the last time you spent time with your children, guided them, taught them something and didn't just shut them up?
Posted by Andreas at January 15, 2006 11:10 AM
Comments
There's a downside to this 'cos almost every star has to take off her clothes!
Posted by: James at January 18, 2006 08:49 PM
I hate parents who force their kids to compete with others. I mean, let the kid do the best they can and then motivate them to do better than their best. Pushing them from one tuition to another is freaking mental abuse. Nowonder they come out looking for jobs without good interpersonal skills.
Luckily, my parents are not bothered with competition and look at us, we've all turned out to be better than most others (who're kiasu) without needing to be pushed to study and score as many As as possible.
Posted by: S-Kay at January 17, 2006 02:14 PM
Funny Lilian, and yes, you are right. And what do they do? Stuffing the kids in tuition center instead of spending time with them :)
Posted by: Andreas at January 17, 2006 02:06 PM
Hi, hi!
There's a downside to this 'cos almost every parents think their kids are destined to be stars. LOL. Poor kids then.
Posted by: lilian at January 17, 2006 09:14 AM
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