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Kiasu parents, take heed. Overloading your child with tuition classes may not necessarily put them on the fast track to a high paying job later on in life.
A Taiwanese study found that cram schools (tuition centres) negatively affected children psychologically, in some cases was even linked to depression and could permanently damage psychological well-being later on in life.
Another study showed that forcing kids to attend lessons at too early an age was detrimental to their educational attainment, and depriving children of opportunities to play, develop social skills and control their impulses could have serious psychological consequences and even a shortened life span. That means the kindergarten-aged kid who’s already up to his neck in tuition might grow up to become a pretty maladjusted adult.
Here are three reasons overloading your child with tuition might turn him not only into a psychologically-unbalanced adult, but also a less financially successful one.
1. Lack of recreational reading leads to poor analytical skills
Think back to your childhood and you might recall being immersed in Enid Blyton books or Dragonball comics. These days, kids spend so much time staring at assessment books that they hardly have time to read recreationally.
An interest in recreational reading has not only been linked to higher test scores but also increased linguistic ability.
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3 Ways Too Much Tuition Might Make Your Child Poorer
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