Compete from the cradle


Baby boost: Staff taking care of newborns at St. Park, a postpartum care centre in Seoul. — ©2024 The New York Times Company

FEW Koreans would deny that South Korea is a highly competitive society.

People say that the competition is so stiff that your child should begin preparing for it as soon as he or she turns three years old. Indeed, parents send their three-year-olds to preschool and private academies for piano, violin or art lessons after school.

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