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Dialogue 1:

Parenting tips for raising resilient, self-reliant kids

Dialogue 1:

Jingjing: Mark, did you ______ I sent you?

Mark: That was ______on the topic of parenting.　I'm glad you sent it to me and will probably read it ______.

Jingjing: That's ______.　I'm happy when friends of mine are happy ______.

Mark: Of the ______, I thought the first one ______.

Jingjing: You mean the one ______?

Mark: That's the one.　People always______that--whether parents should ______.

Jingjing: What do you think?

Mark: A kid would ______their primary school years without any, even if ______.

Jingjing: Do you think that ______?

Mark: Well, if they do ______, there are always ______.

Jingjing: The article ______ parenting that would help kids ______.

Going without an allowance would help kids to ______.

Mark: I got that, and ______.

Jingjing: In the working world, people might ______ and then something like ______on top of that. Few adults ______ even when they don't work.

Mark: I always thought that ______--like a father or a mother is ______.

Jingjing: Don't you think that a kid ______ would be______ that comparison?

Mark: Sure, I guess. Hopefully the kid,______, would be able to ______,

if they had one, or reimbursements for business trips.

Jingjing: Or he or she could just ______, like most people do.

Anyway, entrepreneurs ______ to be greatly rewarded for something genuinely great they can create.

Mark: We could ______, on the topic of kids getting allowances.

Dialogue 2:

Jingjing: Mark, let's talk about some of the other points in that article about______.

Mark: What about that point about______?

Jingjing: I think the point was to ______.

Mark: That one.　I'm not sure that ______.　But the writer ______ that caught my attention.

Jingjing: Was that t______?

Mark: Yeah, the parents told their kids they'd ______, unless the kids could ______ to buy their own tickets.

Jingjing: I liked that example too.　But I wasn't clear on whether the parents added up ______, or the kids went out and ______ nearly a thousand dollars apiece before the trip.

Mark: It was probably ___, and definitely ______ in the story.

What I liked was that the kids got excited about the trip.　It really ______.　A lot of kids ______.

Jingjing: What did you think about the related point, about______?

Mark: My parents ______.　I was the only kid I knew ______ Cabbage Patch Kid and no G.I. Joes.

Jingjing: Oh, you ______.　But your folks ______, didn't they?

Mark: Yeah, ______, pretty much.　I'm ______ now, and had plenty of friends back then who were waiting tables on weekends to pay their way through their university years.　I'm glad to have spent so many ______.

Jingjing: So you agree--those ______ (toys, action figures, and the like) should be chances for kids to ______, rather than ______.

Mark: I agree.　I hate the idea of s______, and am liable to ______someone goes and spoils my kid, even a little.

Jingjing: OK, that ______ the only other point I remember from that article: letting kids be ______.

Mark: That's ______, especially if the kid has any talent.　I liked the example ______, about her son ______ the Smithsonian and later getting a job as a ______.

Jingjing: It sounds like ______.　Kids are pretty smart, and develop well if parents ______ for them.

Mark: That's ______.　Thanks again for that article, Jingjing.

New words:

cornucopia:

music to my ears:

loaded:

something jives with me:

hustle for something:

Cabbage Patch Kid:

G.I. Joes:

you poor thing:

full ride:　

entitled: