How long has it been since you have praised your children? How long has it been since you praised your family? How long has it been since you've praised someone you've been in contact with? The word "praise" seems to be very difficult for the average person to say, especially in a Taiwanese family. Parents rarely praise their children, believing that it is their duty to do a good job, and that if they don't do a good job, they are not working hard enough and are to be blamed for it. Such behavior has a lot to do with the ethnicity and traditional education of the Taiwanese.