QUESTION:
There is a Chinese custom (Zhua-zhou) where you lay out several different items in front of your child to find out what they will be when they grow up. The items and their intended jobs include: a pen (writer), cash (banker), book (scientist) Brush (artist), Toy (bum), Picture of a pretty girl (playboy). At what age is this ritual done?

a) 100 days old
b) 6 months
c) One year
d) 3 years old
e) On their 30th birthday

ANSWERS:
a) Yo, kid expert, they can't even sit up yet. Can you? Try again.
b) You are crawling toward the right answer, but are not there yet.
c) Correct. The name of the event means "Zhua-zhou" or "The catch of the year". Nowadays this ritual is mainly for fun, especially if the baby chooses to be a playboy or a bum. Long ago however, this ritual would effect the training that the parents prepared for their children. Modern studies have also shown that giving babies choices with colors, clothes and toys, helps their brain develop at a faster rate. Is this Chinese medicine for the brain? Whatever works...
d) At 3 they would all take the cash. Try again.
e) At 30 all the boys would take the pictures of girls!