Comments on Into My Own: Are kids different than they were thirty years ago...

I'm off to China.

2007-07-10T14:34:00.000-04:00

I'm off to China.

That was a good article, and hats off to the Couri...

2007-07-10T13:56:00.000-04:00

That was a good article, and hats off to the Courier for doing it. And thanks for the nice words about my blog.

Years ago I used to work with a Chinese immigrant, and she'd ask me various questions about America. Once she asked me if teachers make a lot of money. I laughed (the way one laughs when something isn't funny) and said no.

It was clear from her expression that she didn't really understand that. She told me that in China, teachers have a very high status. They are highly respected and highly paid.

Overall, I'd agree. And what doesn't look exactly ...

2007-07-10T13:44:00.000-04:00

Overall, I'd agree. And what doesn't look exactly the same is probably analogous to something else. Parenting was never easy but the proximity with which we know look at parenting, and being a kid, and pretty much everything else today makes us see a lot more of the bumps and hurdles and blemishes. Like HDTV - we didn't used to be able to see past the actors' thick pancake. But now - we can see it all.