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A football coach in a high school had an idea and made a contract with his wife that he would take care of their children and do all the housework during the summertime．Would he be able to complete the task ?
It was all his own idea, says Pat, the wife of California high school football coach Bob Peters．Bob had 1 made a motherhood contract (合同) declaring that for 70 days this summer he would 2 the care of their four children and all the housework． 3 he didn't even know how to make coffee when he sighed, he was very confident．
After 40 of the 70 days, he was ready to 4 ．I was beaten down, admits Bob．Not only is motherhood a 5 task, it is an impossible job for any normal human being．
Bob and Pat were married in 1991．After the marriage, Pat 6 a secretary to help put him through university． 7 Bob has been the football coach while Pat raised the kids． 8 two years ago Pat went back to work．I had been 9 children so much, she 10 , I couldn't talk to a grown-up．She continued to run the household, 11 
until Bob sighed the contract．
Bob tried hard to learn cooking, but the meals he prepared were 12 ．For the last three weeks, the family 13 a lot ?sometimes having MacDonald's hamburgers for lunch and dinner．
14 housekeeping, a home economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean 15 the bed is made．I found 16 I shut the doors, he says．Soon the kids were wearing their shirts inside out．When we went to 17 Pat at work, I made them wear their shirts 18 side out so they would look clean．
Now that Bob has publicly 19 he was wrong, he is 20 the child-raising and household tasks with Pat．
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London-life for Cathy Hagner and her three children is set to permanent（长久的）.
Their 1 school day and her job as a lawyer's assistant are busy enough. 2 Hagner also has to take the two boys to soccer or hockey or basketball while dropping off her 3 at piano lessons or Girl Scout Club.
4 , the exhausted （筋疲力尽的） family doesn't get home until 7 p. m. . There is just time for a quick 5 before homework.
In today's world , middle-class American and British parents treat their children 6 they were competitors 7 for some finishing line.
Parents take their children from activity to activity to make their future 8 . It seems that raising a genius （英才） had become a more 9 goal than raising a happy and well-balanced child.
“ 10 across the country are reporting a growing number of children 11 from stomachaches and headaches 12 exhaustion （筋疲力尽） and stress （压力）,” says child expert William Doherty of the University of Minnesota.
Teachers are 13 exhausted kids in the classroom. It's a very serious problem. Many children attend 14 clubs by necessity. But competitive pressures also 15 an explosion （爆发） of activities. They 16 sports, language, music and maths classes far children as 17 as four.
“There is a new parenting trend （趋势） under way which says you have to tap all of your child's potential （潜能） at a young age, 18 you will let them down,” says Terry Apter, a Cambridge-based child and adolescent psychiatrist（青少年精神病专家）.
“It isn't entirely 19 : there have always been pushy parents. But what was seen as strange behaviour before is now well 20 .”
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London-life for Cathy Hagner and her three children is very tiring.
Their 1 school day and her job as a lawyer's assistant are busy enough. 2 Hagner also has to take the two boys to soccer or hockey or basketball while dropping off her 3 at piano lessons or Girl Scout Club.
4 , the exhausted （筋疲力尽的） family doesn't get home until 7 p. m. . There is just time for a quick 5 before homework.
In today's world , middle-class American and British parents treat their children 6 they were competitors 7 for some finishing line.
Parents take their children from activity to activity to make their future 8 . It seems that raising a man much cleverer than anyone else had become a more 9 goal than raising a happy and well-balanced child.
“ 10 across the country are reporting a growing number of children 11 from stomachaches and headaches 12 exhaustion and pressures” says child expert William Doherty of the University of Minnesota.
Teachers are 13 exhausted kids in the classroom. It's a very serious problem. Many children attend 14 clubs necessity. But competitive pressures also 15 an explosion of activities. They 16 sports, language, music and maths classes for children as 17 as four.
“There is a new trend （趋势） among many parents. You have to tap all of your child's ability at a young age. 18 you will let them down , ” says Terry Apter, a Cambridge-based child and adolescent psychiatrist （青少年精神病专家）.
“It isn't entirely 19 : there have always been such parents. But what was seen as strange behaviour before is now well 20 .”
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