父母的期望 Parents’ Expectation

It is said that Chinese parents are the world’s most responsible parents, since the kids are born, they start to plan everything for the children, they choose the school, the kids’ hobby even the kids’ partners. Chinese parents want to raise their kids to be the excellent ones, they put so much hope on the kids. While it is also said the Chinese kids are the world’s most unhappy kids, because they live as what the parents tell them, they don’t have their own thinking. Both sides reflect Chinese family situation that the parents give the children too much pressure, the children feel unhappy about their parents’ expectation. Indeed, I feel the way, my parents always want me to be the No.1, they tell me I should get the highest score, I feel tired, I tell them how I feel, then they begin to realize their expectation has become a burden for me. parents should give space to their kids.

据说中国的父母是世界上最负责任的父母，打从孩子出生，他们就为孩子计划了一切，他们选择学校，孩子的业余爱好，甚至于孩子的玩伴。中国的父母想要把孩子培养成优秀的人，他们对孩子给予了很多的希望。然而据说中国的孩子是世界上最不幸福的孩子，因为他们按照父母的医院活着，没有自己的想法。两边的说法反应了中国的家庭现状，父母给予孩子太多压力，孩子对于父母的期望感到不开心。确实，我有同感，我的父母总是想要我成为第一名，他们告诉我要拿最高分，我觉得很累，告诉了父母自己的想法，然而他们开始意识到自己的期望已经成为了我的负担。父母应该给孩子一些空间。

你幸福吗？Are You Happy?

Two year ago, Chinese biggest TV Channel played an interview which brought great response to the audience. The interview is about a journalist asked a worker that if he felt happy.