Placing children's education above all else, as epitomized in the story of the mother of Mencius, who moved house three times to find the ideal environment in which to encourage her child to grow up morally upright and to study hard, has been the all-but-unquestioned quest of many mothers throughout history.
孟母三遷，以孩子教育為天，這似乎是古今中外華人媽媽們一個理所當然的追求。