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Interesting to contrast this advice with the approach of Amy "Tiger Mom" Chua (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576059713528698754.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870411150457605...) who advocates strict routine and control and discourages imaginative thinking, participation in team sport and is horrified at anything less than an 'A'. If she's truly representative of the way Chinese mothers raise their kids, I don't think America has anything to fear on the innovation front.