tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219873.post115813064686277131..comments2024-03-26T03:03:42.414-07:00Comments on The Glasshouse: The Mean Little PakistaniA Different Drumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01350929185765118924noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219873.post-1158212344639247962006-09-13T22:39:00.000-07:002006-09-13T22:39:00.000-07:00excerpt from The 'Little Emperors' Grow UpIn 1987,...excerpt from <A HREF="http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20000101-000002.html" REL="nofollow">The 'Little Emperors' Grow Up</A><BR/><BR/>In 1987, researchers found that in comparison with those who for reasons managed to have siblings, China's only-children, especially when they were young, showed superior cognition, intelligence and academic achievement.<BR/><BR/><B>But it was no surprise that in the early 1980s, various Chinese research psychologists found that only-children were also more likely to have personality and social behavioral problems, to be more egocentric and less persistent at tasks than their peers from bigger families.</B><BR/><BR/>Over time, however, Chinese culture adapted. In the late 1980s, more and more parents encouraged only-children to participate in collective activities such as preschool and day care to improve their behavior.<BR/><BR/>And as one-child families became a societal norm, parents changed their attitudes toward their children, doting less and using more authoritative parenting methods. Recent studies reflect this change, finding fewer differences between only-children and those with siblings. As Buddhists say, "Unceasing change turns the wheel of life."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219873.post-1158179051417045062006-09-13T13:24:00.000-07:002006-09-13T13:24:00.000-07:00I do not think it is low self-esteem, I think i...I do not think it is low self-esteem, I think it is an inflated sense of one's own importance encountering the real world which does not buy it. I think it is the result of being pampered and pandered to from childhood, having household help to bully and yell at and encountering little dissent in the growing years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219873.post-1158173679003418922006-09-13T11:54:00.000-07:002006-09-13T11:54:00.000-07:00AbuBakrIt is a free world and you are welcome to a...AbuBakr<BR/>It is a free world and you are welcome to assume anything you wish to.<BR/><BR/>I don't intend revealing the MNC's identity as then many people will know exactly whom I'm talking about. <BR/><BR/>As SFA is not a politician or a public figure it would be akin to indulging in personalised character asassination. And no matter how much of a 'mean little man' he may be, according to my books that would just not be fair.A Different Drumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350929185765118924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12219873.post-1158161820706759552006-09-13T08:37:00.000-07:002006-09-13T08:37:00.000-07:00you should have told the name of the multinational...you should have told the name of the multinational, otherwise it looks like a fabricated story.<BR/><BR/>abubakrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com