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American fashion designer mom who lived in China for 16 years says she misses how Communist government 'co-parented' her children
19 January 2023 ^ | DAILYMAIL.COM | NEIRIN GRAY DESAI

Posted on 01/19/2023 4:18:04 AM PST by dennisw

Dictating even what they should eat - and wants U.S. to learn from its example Heather Kaye raised her two daughters in China and enjoyed its supervision The fashion designer spent 16 years in Shanghai before returning to the US

Kaye thinks Americans could learn a lesson from the Chinese approach

An American fashion designer who spent 16 years in Shanghai has published an essay in the New York Times highlighting the virtues of raising her children under the watchful and authoritarian eye of the Chinese government.

Heather Kaye, 49, arrived in Shanghai in 2006 with her husband George and planned to stay for a year. But the couple stayed and ended up raising their two daughters there. However, in 2022 the family was driven to return to the US after living for two years under the country's draconian COVID-19 policies.

She has now described her return to Washington DC as a 'culture shock' that makes her miss the way her children were 'co-parented by the Chinese government'.

Kaye acknowledged the ways in which the Chinese Communist Party would insert itself into family life, be it by controlling what her kids ate or by dictating the number of hours they should sleep at night.

'In China, government co-parenting begins in the womb,' she wrote, referring to the limits on how many children parents were allowed, which have since been relaxed.

She added that not long after enrolling her kids in state-run schools it started controlling how her kids should live.

'Chinese kindergarten lectured us on everything, including how many hours our daughters should sleep, what they should eat and their optimal weight,' she said.

But she claimed she was grateful for the discipline instilled in her two daughters, born in 2008 and 2010, at school.

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1 posted on 01/19/2023 4:18:04 AM PST by dennisw
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What a communist drip. We have the same thinking over here, where single women get married to The State. Dependent on it for cash etc etc.

What she is imbibing from the CCP, is what grandmothers and mothers are supposed to teach women with babies and toddlers. Friends too, help you learn


2 posted on 01/19/2023 4:20:46 AM PST by dennisw ("You don't have to like it. You just have to do it")
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To: dennisw

Freedom is not for the lazy.


3 posted on 01/19/2023 4:23:25 AM PST by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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To: dennisw

This kind of thinking is already deep in CA voters minds.
One party rule has given no alternative.


4 posted on 01/19/2023 4:24:09 AM PST by Zathras
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To: mewzilla
Freedom is not for the lazy.

Freedom is too good for some people.

If only there were choices available on this planet! You know, countries where you could go live under a dictatorship, and other countries where you could go that were Free. Celebrate the diversity of nations. Flush WEF down the toilet.

5 posted on 01/19/2023 4:28:42 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: mewzilla
Freedom is not for the lazy.

Freedom is too good for some people.

If only there were choices available on this planet! You know, countries where you could go live under a dictatorship, and other countries where you could go that were Free. Celebrate the diversity of nations. Flush WEF down the toilet.

6 posted on 01/19/2023 4:28:42 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: dennisw

She’s just like every other single mom in America and this is the reason why they overwhelmingly vote democrat - they want the government to be their husbands and raise their kids.


7 posted on 01/19/2023 4:28:57 AM PST by Nicojones
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American fashion designer mom who lived in China for 16 years says she misses how Communist government 'co-parented' her children

But she did leave because of China's extreme covid policy. Moron doesn't understand "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have."

8 posted on 01/19/2023 4:30:45 AM PST by tlozo (Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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To: dennisw

I sold my medical practice to raise my kids. (Basically moved into my kids school.)

Lady it’s your job to put your kids first.

The thought of letting strangers do it is beyond disgusting.


9 posted on 01/19/2023 4:34:03 AM PST by lizma2
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To: dennisw

Not much of a mother then, is she?


10 posted on 01/19/2023 4:38:24 AM PST by simpson96
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The nice part about being an American is that you can LEAVE and go wherever you feel most comfortable.

I am pretty sure there is a plane leaving an airport close to her that will eventually get her to China!

GO! BE CONTROLLED! Because apparently, she is unable to do parenting on her own!


11 posted on 01/19/2023 4:39:03 AM PST by ExTxMarine (Diversity is necessary; diverse points of views will not be tolerated.)
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To: simpson96

Doesn’t have much of a husband either.


12 posted on 01/19/2023 4:41:45 AM PST by riverrunner
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To: dennisw

Some people love authoritarian regimes


13 posted on 01/19/2023 4:42:19 AM PST by Nifster (OI see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: dennisw

She looks as stupid as her writing

No brains


14 posted on 01/19/2023 4:43:09 AM PST by Nifster (OI see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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She should move back to commie land and take her libtard buddies with her


15 posted on 01/19/2023 4:46:04 AM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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Double Bag Barf Alert!

CCP Propaganda

It runs strong with here crowd.


16 posted on 01/19/2023 4:48:38 AM PST by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: dennisw
However, in 2022 the family was driven to return to the US after living for two years under the country's draconian COVID-19 policies.

Like every single liberal American woman, she wants the government to be her husband, but then balks when the tyrannical government she clearly demands, acts in an ever more tyrannical manner. I honestly cannot understand how utterly stupid these people are.

And exactly like the idiots in California, when the consequences of the government acts in the way they demanded, they rush to escape the mess they created.

17 posted on 01/19/2023 4:50:15 AM PST by Obadiah (The business of America is no longer business, it is war and arms sales.)
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To: Sirius Lee
Freedom is too good for some people.

The same sheeple cannot handle much truth, either. They want, need, and seek out, being lied to. The Demonrats oblige their every wish in exchange for their souls.

18 posted on 01/19/2023 4:50:33 AM PST by Reeses
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“She has now described her return to Washington DC as a ‘culture shock’...”

Yes, being surrounded by zombie cannibals in the District of Congo will do that.


19 posted on 01/19/2023 4:52:01 AM PST by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: dennisw

On the first day of my daughter attending kindergarten, the principal of Saint Gabe’s warned the parents to monitor what kids watch on TV. No Married with Children!. We watched Married for an hour each night after dinner. My daughter and I laughed like Bundys.


20 posted on 01/19/2023 4:53:13 AM PST by DeplorablePaul (protesters)
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