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Home Run, Winston!

I could not agree with you more.

Anecdotally, I see parents regularly missing the opportunity to raise their children well. Every day, in the grocery store or other public environment, kids are mis-behaving and their parent only pays lip service to discipline. Last weekend, I decided to go to the store fairly early on Saturday. Wow, was that a mistake! Every poorly behaved kid in town was there with a parent who doesn't know the meaning of the word "parent".

On the other hand, a couple years ago, a kid in the store came around a corner and almost walked right into me. He was about 8 or 10 and wearing a Taekwondo uniform. He said: "Excuse me, sir, I'm sorry". I was dumbfounded! I tracked down his Mom, and told her what a well-mannered kid he is. She thanked me profusely. Turns out, he goes to the same TKD school that my son had gone to, so I totally got why he was so polite.

One more story. Several years ago, I noticed the local middle school parking lot was full on a Saturday. So, one day I asked about it. Turns out, it's Chinese students going to school - on Saturday - with their parents along! They call it "Saturday school".

:)



Edits: 09/27/14

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