From: here@is.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 12:00:09 -0400, RS Wood    
   wrote:   
      
   >who are these parents who push their children   
   >into adulthood before they've had time to enjoy being a child?   
      
   Father is from India, and most likely, like in Jewish families, he   
   gave the "us against them" motivational speech to her.   
      
   Verbal skills come with practice...and hearing such speech at home is   
   a bonus.  I couldn't find her mother's background, but most likely,   
   she is educated.   
      
   "Of course, Anika also finds time to be normal 14-year-old. When she   
   isn't in a lab or working toward her goal of becoming a doctor or   
   researcher, Anika trains for the Indian classical dance called   
   Bharatanatyam, which she has been practicing for eight years."   
      
   "Why is Bharatanatyam important?   
      
   Bharatanatyam makes the body and even the mind agile. For any dancer   
   it is very important to remember the Mudras, Hastas and Karnas to   
   perform the dance well. ... With all this a dancer has to pay   
   attention if the body movements are in sync. This hones the mental   
   skills and builds mental alertness."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)