On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 08:14:34 GMT, "Vilco" > wrote:

>Mi e' parso che Nathalie Chiva abbia scritto:
>> Vilco, am I wrong or is there something with Italian
>> childrearing these days?
>
>"Childrearing"? I don't know this word, and my little Collins is
>of no help. Does it have something to do with "supporting", or
>"allowing everything"?

Childrearing is the action of bringing up children (allevare bambini).
>
>> I go a *lot* to Italy, and I seem to meet the most
>> preposterous children there. Mind you, I don't
>> really mind because it means that Italians think
>> *my* children are little saints <g>.
>
>Preposterous is similar to "absurd", what do you mean with it?

In this context, I meant "impossible", i.e. insufferable. But then,
English is not my first language, so maybe my use of the term is
wrong, can a native speaker correct me?

Nathalie in Switzerland

>Noisy brats? If so, I agreee: children are every year more
>active, noisier and difficult to keep concentrated on anything.
>My sister teaches in a elementary school (ages 6 to 11) and she
>says that the situation is getting worse every day.
>Too much of something, sure... maybe a combination of bad feeding
>habits and increasingly violent TV shows and moms continuosly
>taxying them to courses (dance, soccer, swimming, piano...) thus
>making theyr life as time-scheduled and stressing as an adult's
>one ?