Why_Chinese_Mothers_Are_Superior讲述.doc

华尔街日报：Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior 华人妈妈为什么牛 作者?:??HYPERLINK /GetEntry.do?id=708737616owner=331729153曹武龙 (许多人奇怪中国父母怎么老培养出优秀的子女，他们不明白这些父母的孩子怎么老是数学专家或者音乐天才。这些家庭里有什么秘密？这些秘密是不是可以效仿？这些问题我可以回答，因为我自己就做到了。下面是我的两个女儿，苏菲娅和露伊莎从来不允许做的一些事情)A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what these parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what its like inside the family, and whether they could do it too. Well, I can tell them, because Ive done it. Here are some things my daughters, Sophia and Louisa, were never allowed to do:? attend a sleepover(不在家过夜) have a play date (参加玩乐日) be in a school play(参演校园剧) complain about not being in a school play(抱怨不能参演校园剧) watch TV or play computer games(看电视，玩电脑游戏) choose their own extracurricular activities(自己选择课外活动) get any grade less than an A(功课不拿A成绩） not be the No. 1 student in every subject except gym and drama(任何一门功课不拿第一，除了体育和戏剧) play any instrument other than the piano or violin(弹除了钢琴和小提琴以外的乐器) not play the piano or violin.(不弹钢琴或小提琴) Im using the term Chinese mother loosely. I know some Korean, Indian, Jamaican, Irish and Ghanaian parents who qualify too. Conversely, I know some mothers of Chinese heritage, almost always born in the West, who are not Chinese mothers, by choice or otherwise. Im also using the term Western parents loosely. Western parents come in all varieties. (我 下面说的“中国妈妈”是广义的。我也认识一些韩国的、印度的、牙买加的、爱尔兰的和加纳的父母符合我说的条件。同样地，有些中国血统的妈妈，她们大都在西 方出生，出于个人选择或者其他种种原因，不是“中国妈妈”。我下面说的“西方妈妈”也是泛指，西方的父母也是各种各样的.)All the same, even when Western parents think theyre being strict, they usually dont come close to being Chinese mothers. For example, my Western friends who consider themselves strict make their children practice their instruments 30 minutes every day. An hour at most. For a Chinese mother, the first hour is the easy part. Its hours two and three that get tough.(几乎没有例外，一些自认为十分严格的西方父母，也和中国妈妈的做法相距甚远。比如，我一些自认自己对孩子很严的西方朋友最多让孩子一天练30分钟乐器。对于中国妈妈来说，一个小时算轻松的，两三个小