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几年前我曾在专栏中写过一篇关于我的儿女迈克和凯蒂的故事。现在我想再次提到他们。当他们出生时,我的妻子凯丽和我都热切地盼望他们能进入这项对我们有无限意义的运动,但他们没有。那时,我写下了:“我们应该允许他们拒绝参与一项令人激动、可以令他们终生受益的运动,还是强迫他们去打网球呢?我们已经看过那么多父母强迫他们的孩子做违背意愿的事。最终导致的只有两件事:他们会永远不再碰那个东西;第二,也是更严重的,就是极大的破坏了父母与孩子之间的关系。”所以,尽管我们这个家庭有3个职业网球人(父母与祖父都是吃网球饭的)和一个网球俱乐部,迈克和凯蒂都没有选择网球。
A few years ago I wrote a column about the story of my daughters, Mike and Katie. Now I want to mention them again. When they were born, both my wife, Kelly and I, eagerly looked forward to their entry into this movement that is infinitely important to us, but they did not. At that time, I wrote: “Should we allow them to refuse to participate in an exciting sport that will benefit them for life, or force them to play tennis? We’ve seen so many parents force their children to do The only thing that ends up in the end is the two things that happen: they will never touch that thing again, and the second, and more serious, will greatly undermine the relationship between their parents and their children. ”So while we The family has three professional tennis players (both parents and grandfather eat tennis) and a tennis club, Mike and Kitty did not choose tennis.