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Re:Children of parents classified as “tiger” have worse grad... by sliverstorm on Friday May 10, 2013 @02:04AM (#5684859)
I see, this is why I misunderstood your comment. You include "to force someone to do" as among the definitions of "encourage", I normally do not.
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Re:Children of parents classified as “tiger” have worse grad... by gradstudent on Friday May 10, 2013 @02:42AM (#5684950)
In the case of parenting, certainly. You cannot reason with a child as with an adult. Thus you make them do certain things because you know better.

Personal anecdote: when I was young I resented my parents for making me do all this "pointless crap". I even told my dad I hated him. He very calmly told me back "That's OK. You can hate me for this now. You will not hate me however when you're 22". He was right.

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Re:Children of parents classified as “tiger” have worse grad... by sliverstorm on Friday May 10, 2013 @02:46AM (#5684961)
I don't object to that. I just don't normally refer to making people do things as "encouraging" them, so I didn't read your initial post(s) the same way as you do.
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