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Everything I Never Told You
by Celeste Ng
4.5 stars
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How many times we as parents try to raise our kids to grow up different than us? More sociable, more educated, more skilled, more likeable? To give them opportunities to experience more? To have more? How many times do we make decisions for them in order for them to have a better life than we did? And how many of these times do we think about them in the process? Is that what they really want? Or they are just trying to please us or even go the completely opposite way of our wants just bacause they feel pressured? ⠀
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This is the stuff this book talks about. About a mixed chinese-american marriage, about standing out and fitting in, about finding a place in society, about shattered dreams and family dynamics. About too much burden on a kids back and an accident that ends badly. ⠀
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Its a quick but captivating read and I truly recommend reading it to every parent out here. It is hard at places, but it will make you think about your own actions and its possible concequences. Parenting is a slippery slope, and its so easy to make mistakes, even with the best intentions. ⠀
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How many times we as parents try to raise our kids to grow up different than us? More sociable, more educated, more skilled, more likeable? To give them opportunities to experience more? To have more? How many times do we make decisions for them in order for them to have a better life than we did? And how many of these times do we think about them in the process? Is that what they really want? Or they are just trying to please us or even go the completely opposite way of our wants just bacause they feel pressured? ⠀
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This is the stuff this book talks about. About a mixed chinese-american marriage, about standing out and fitting in, about finding a place in society, about shattered dreams and family dynamics. About too much burden on a kids back and an accident that ends badly. ⠀
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Its a quick but captivating read and I truly recommend reading it to every parent out here. It is hard at places, but it will make you think about your own actions and its possible concequences. Parenting is a slippery slope, and its so easy to make mistakes, even with the best intentions. ⠀
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