If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a genius (天才), they w
If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a genius (天才), they will cause great damage to him. According to several leading educational psychologists (心理学家), this is one of the biggest mistakes which some parents make. Generally, the child will understand very well what the parent expects. But unrealistic parental expectations can cause great damage to children.
However, if parents are not unrealistic- about what they expect their children to do, but are hope ful in a sensible way, the child may succeed in doing very well -- especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.
Michael Li is very lucky. He is very fond of music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging private piano and violin lessons for him. They even drive him 50 kilometers twice a week for violin lessons. Although Michael's mother knows very little about music, she supports her son. Michael's father plays the trumpet(小号) in a large orchestra(管弦乐队). However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Michael's friend, Winston Chen, however, is not so lucky. Although both his parents are successful musicians, they set too high a standard for Winston. They want their son to be as successful as they are and so they make him enter every piano competition. They are very unhappy when he doesn't win. "When I was your age, I used to win every competition ! entered. "Winston's father tells him. Winston is always afraid that he will disappoint his parents and now he always seems quiet and unhappy.
The main idea of the passage is ______.
A.how parents should make a child a musician
B.how parents should bring up a child
C.what differences there are between two kinds of parents
D.what aim of a child can be much easier to reach