Chinese are very generous ( 慷慨的 ) when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the 1 , parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad—to England, the USA or Australia. The Chinese 2 that the more expensive the education is, the better it is. 3 parents will spend a lot of money on their children’s education. Even 4 parents will buy a computer for their son or daughter. Though they’re not rich, they would rather pay for the education. Parents can 5 that their children’s skills are different, skilled ( 有技能的 ) in some areas while poor in others. But most 6 fail to realize that the children today need more self-confidence. The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to 7 tests and how to study well, but they are not teaching them the most important skills that they need. And these skills are important to help them to be 8 , happy and clever. Parents can achieve this 9 teaching their children the skills like cooking or doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will 10 many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking needs patience and time. It is an interesting but difficult experience. A good cook 11 tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish 12 job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will make him 13 good and give him a lot of self-confidence. Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play 14 , will make him interested and want to know more. He will spend hours studying them and trying to fix them. Your child might become an engineer when he 15 . These activities are teaching a child not only to study at school, but also to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.