Peony:

I've seen how a very bright young boy slowly diminished into a dull \"slow\" one due to all study and no play. Sadly the parents never learnt that it was his \"all study & no play\" that was slowing him down mentally & physically and as his grades went down, made him study even more!!! Hence he is now a shadow of his old self. I feel very sad whenever I see him, recalling him as a precocious preschooler. I recall his downhill slide began as the obsessed parents wanted him, the eldest son, to enter a top secondary school.



Anyway, that instilled in me how important a balanced life is. A stressed child is like a broken child... Heartbreaking.

all study can slow down a child mentally? how? why are so many parents forcing children to study more than they should be if so...

pinky:

do they know kungfu? is one of them nicknamed Po? :imcool:

Can't wait to see Po grab fishballs with chopsticks

verykiasu2010:

the boy will learn to be a bigger brat; and after grown up, become a liu mung

Most people seem to be supporting the parent. As parents, we can't protect our kids forever. One day, they'll grow up to face the law, not school rules and expect mummy to be behind them no matter what they chose to do. They'll grow up to lose their virginity as well. Is mummy going to be around to wear a protective gear for him to stop him getting someone's daughter into trouble? They have to learn how to protect themselves by being streetwise, the sooner the better. How long can we parents wrap the cotton around?

I'll recommend this alternate view which a friend sent over, which I agree with

http://asingaporeanson.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/why-cannot-cut-your-sons-hair.html