Saturday, November 10, 2012

"In America, every kid has to be well rounded," Chloe said. "They have 10 different activities, and they never excel at any of them. Americans want everyone to have the same life; it's a cult of the average. "





"Everyone would say, 'You must be so proud of your daughter,' " Natalie told me. "I used to say that it's not for me to be proud; it's Natasha who does this herself — but I learned that this is not the polite American way. So now I always say, 'I am so proud of my daughter,' and then maybe we can have a conversation." Natasha agreed. "What did they do to make me practice?" she asked when I first interviewed her, at 16. "What did they do to make me eat or sleep?"

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