How to motivate a kid...

Motivating a child in the East is very different from the West. Everyday I learn more and more about these differences as we teach many juniors to play golf. In Asia, the parents are very involved in the child, as most only have one. There is great wanting and maybe a need for them to succeed. There seems to be a good ethic of discipline. What I find oftentimes in the West is a overall ethic of love. What has been going through my mind in the last year is how to mix both to create a system that will motivate kids but also allow them some freedom to think for themselves. Here is an article about this issue in Asia: "Olympics push Chinese kids to the max"