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great-grandmother‘s teacups, would like to pledge her a picnic on a river with fried chicken and her hair uncombed, would like to give her home for her birthday, but we live differently now and I can promise her nothing like that. I give her a xylophone and a sundress from Madeira, and promise to tell her a funny story.

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父亲雅称“家严”，中国传统文化、礼教、风俗已经对父爱角色作了准确、详尽、合理的定位。―父道尊，母道亲‖。父亲必须保持应有的尊严，必须自尊，才能获得家庭的尊重，然后才能保持并实施家庭教育第一责任人的尊严。“君不正，臣投外国，父不正，子奔他乡”。就是说，父亲必须以身作则，否则，无法团结教育子女，履行父亲的管教责任，甚至可能导致父子反目、离心离德。严父慈母是父母亲分别担当的固有角色，严格、严厉、严肃是父亲的应有风格。但有的父亲把一个“严”字衍化为棍棒教育、打骂教育。我从禅宗教育中得到一些启示，“棒喝”的宗旨是刺激、提醒、指点、点化，目的是开悟增慧，而不是压服，更不是展示家长威风。所以，一个称职的父亲重在见识高低，不在脾气大小，不要高人一等，关键是要高人一筹，做孩子的启蒙老师，做孩子的精神向导。

Role-playing

In order to separate doting parents from their freshman sons, Morehouse College in Atlanta has instituted a formal ―Parting Ceremony.‖ It began on a recent evening, with speeches in the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel. Then the incoming freshmen marched through the gates of the campus — which swung shut, literally leaving the parents outside. It is time to leave and leave them alone is the epiphany the ceremony intends for most parents who lingered around campus for days accompanying kids and arranging things for them.

Student A: You think freshman should be on their own and parting ceremony is well-meant, but your partner doesn‘t agree. Discuss this issue with your partner and try to convince him/her with good points. Remember you should start the conversation.

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Student B: You think it takes time to start new life on campus and parental help and support are both good and necessary to freshmen, but your partner doesn‘t agree. Discuss this issue with your partner and try to convince him/her with good points. Remember your partner should start the conversation.