Yes, but ...

I used to have the same thought as you have. I pushed my old kid's social skills much more than pushed his academic. He is quite social and relatively popular at school. However, when he gets older and older, I've started to worry about his social life. The teenage's social life here is something hard to be accepted by most of us. They dye their hair to blue, they pierce their ears (boys), they start to date at very early age and change GF/BF like change clouths. Some even worse by smoking and using drugs. It seems a lot of American parents not care that much. Maybe they all grew that way, but I really don't want to take the risk. For my youger kid, I don't push his social any more. Just let him grow up as the way he is. I don't know, which is better.

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• 你跟错了。 我的意思是说， -你错了- ♀ (146 bytes) () 12/15/2004 postreply 14:48:10

• I guess what I said of -NoWorry- ♂ (80 bytes) () 12/15/2004 postreply 14:59:41

• You've got a very good point. -NoWorry- ♂ (472 bytes) () 12/16/2004 postreply 05:35:56

• Mr. Liao?? -curious- ♀ (117 bytes) () 12/16/2004 postreply 11:08:05

• 回复：You've got a very good point. -annoy123- ♀ (106 bytes) () 12/16/2004 postreply 11:37:56

• I agree with you on this. -noworry- ♂ (169 bytes) () 12/16/2004 postreply 12:04:38