The kid is 6 years old...
Kids going to school at 6 isn't about 'uniformity', it isn't about 'the system' knocking the stuffing out of you..
It's about learning how to count, how to spell, and how to function in society.
I've no problem with kids rebelling against the system when they are in their teens, (in fact, hell I've got no problem with any of this anyway, I'm just chewing the fat), but at least then they (mostly) can count, spell, and don't go round throwing other kids on railway lines because they've not been taught that it isn't acceptable.
At the end of the day I think this kids parents are basically abusing the kid, not in the worst way...almost abusing it with love. Of course we see the successful ones, the Williams Sisters, The Jacksons, etc. but we don't see the ones which have turned disastrous.
My post wasn't meant to be an 'anti school'. It was more about our expectations from the institution, as a society.
You might be right on the 3 Rs ( somewhat : ), but functionality in society is a responsibity that sits squarely on the shoulders of a family. The 'modern family unit' has been quite happy to hand over this responsibility to schools, tutors, counsellors, therapists, life coaches, trainers etc.. and as a result we expect way too much from them.. just my opinion, thats all..
The parents of this kid arent anything unusual. I've seen more pushy parents than otherwise while raising my two kids through school. How about all those tennis parents, you mention?
Monica Seles never forgave her father for destroying her childhood. Maria Sharapova, on the other hand thanks her father for having had the foresight to be pushy.
Who am I to judge.
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