Talk:Hothousing

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Article is void of content
The article does not explain what hothousing is, only that parents need to study it carfully, and that it is criticized by many. Of the four external links, three are broken, and the fourth deals with aging. All in all, the article is void of content and should be expanded or deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.227.206.215 (talk) 20:45, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

I haven't looked into the history of the term, but it strikes me as a pejorative term that people wanting to criticize a practice would apply to the practice, rather than something practitioners themselves would use; and, indeed, all the citations seem to be critical of the practice. A top result for "hothouse plant": "Hothouse plants bring to mind beautiful, exotic plants that need specialized conditions in greenhouses to grow well." The implication seems to be that anyone educated under such conditions is unable to survive in the real world. Thus, accepting the legitimacy of the term implies taking a side in a controversy. If there is to be an article about the term, I suspect it should label the term as pejorative. --73.231.32.188 (talk) 18:58, 9 August 2016 (UTC)