Our Parents Always Do Too Much

Have your parents ever helped you with schoolwork or other projects？ Do you think they are giving you too much help？

Du Peng ， 18， from HeBei has a story to share. He said that while in middle school， his mother often signed him up for English speaking contests. To help her son win， Du’s mother once asked an English teacher to help write a speech draft.

“Although I got good results at the contest， I didn’t feel proud，” Du said.

Du is not alone. Nearly 90 percents of Chinese parents said that they have helped their kids too much in school， according to a recent survey of 1，504 parents done by China Youth Daily. Meanwhile， 70 percents of parents agreed that overparenting could lead to a loss of their children’s independence.

Children， on the other hand， want to do things by themselves. “ Doing things ourselves gives us a  strong sense of achievement，” said Liu Jiang ， 13 from Jilin. Eventually we will leave our parents. So it’s better to develop skills and live independently as early as possible.

Some， however think parents have good reasons to help.

Jiang Qi，12， is from Beijing. He said that his parents would sometimes help him by making PowerPoint presentations  and creating handmade works.

“ Our teachers have very high expectations for us.” Jiang said. “If my parents didn’t help me while other students still got help from their parents， I would be criticized for not doing as well as others. ”

“ If schools could set more reasonable criteria and stop unfair competition， the situation would be improved.” Jiang’s mother said.

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overparenting 過度照顧孩子;過度養(yǎng)育

independence獨(dú)立;自主

eventually 最終

achievement成就

presentation演示文稿

criteria標(biāo)準(zhǔn);尺度

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