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1. Experts from society and in the media know more than you
or I do about what’s best for our kids.
2. Children are born as a tabula rasa, or blank slate, without
a core nature to guide their own development, and their
parents and cultures take care of them.
3. Our job as parents is to engrave on the slate, to input the
necessary training and information, to create a child with
the necessary characteristics we hope will contribute to
success in life.
4. In order to ful.ll the parent’s expectations, children’s daily
experiences must be constantly packed with lessons and
activities that will prepare them to excel in a scarcity-based
view of a highly competitive world.
5. Children will not reach their success potential as adults
unless they become alpha high achievers in all or most
groups they get involved with.
6. Children should all learn to read (and do various other
cognitive tasks) as soon as possible, it is hoped by the age
of four, or they will have problems later in life.
7. The most successful adults are people who were, as
children, extroverted and assertive.
8. Criticizing a child will most often damage her self-esteem.
9. Talking about feelings with your child (and getting the
child to talk about his) is the most important thing you
can do as a parent.
10. Don’t breastfeed, it’s bad for your baby; do breastfeed, it’s
good for your baby; never sleep with your baby, always sleep
with your baby. . . .
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