Most Chinese children seem to get {#blank#}1{#/blank#} they want. Is this a sort of spoiling(溺爱) or love? I wonder. To my surprise, it seems that the life of a Chinese child is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (real) hard. Without doubt , the child is the very centre of a whole circle of adults, but {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the other hand, he or she is also {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (expect) to start studying according to adults' wishes. Many children of my son's {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (age) take painting classes, piano lessons, and even English lessons. It looks as if Chinese adults think {#blank#}6{#/blank#} just playing without learning anything is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} waste of time.

    So from this point, Western children appear spoiled, just because they are allowed{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (play). But without this sort of play, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} can Western children develop such free and rich imaginations? In fact, the connection between this imagination and the creativity is so important in the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (child) future life.