I have a male friend who I have known for over 20 years and he is married to a woman who takes parenting to a whole new dimension and he has converted to her way of thinking. They already have two children (3 and 4)and the mother recently gave birth to a second daughter.
I'm delighted for my friend. However, I can't stop feeling pity for the new baby because I know what her parents, especially her mother, have in store for her.
As soon as she is 3 months old, she will be subjected to a daily routine of flash cards courtesy of the TV screen in order to teach her how to read. Her siblings were reading by the time they were 18 months old. I was even given a DVD, which shows them reading, as a present.
I don't want to be disloyal to my friend but I personally think this is too much. I know some people hot-house their children but to start it at 3 months is imho, extreme. They are using some American programme and it states that to be successful, parents must start when the child is 3 months. The older two are lovely children but crave toys because they don't have many. When they come to my house, they just start playing with the first thing they get their hands on.
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To pity my friend's new born daughter
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speedymama · 10/09/2007 17:34
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