格蕾丝经常听到新加坡的其他妈妈们讨论自家孩子究竟需要多少课外辅导。有些妈妈赶在孩子五岁前就为他们报了多个辅导班，而另一些则努力抵抗这种让孩子在校外继续学习的压力。
Grace often hears other Singapore mothers debating how much private tuition their children need. Some rush to enrol their offspring in multiple classes before they turn five, while others try to resist the pressure to add lessons outside school.
她给当时三岁和六岁的两个孩子报了中文辅导班，希望他们能更多地接触祖辈的语言。
She enrolled her two children, now aged four and seven, in Chinese tuition when they were three to give them greater exposure to their ancestral tongue.
“我们夫妻俩在家都讲不好普通话……我想这种压力确实存在……”
“Neither of their parents speaks fluent Mandarin at home … I guess there is some degree of pressure...