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The Influences of Parental Expectations on Children's Academic Achievements: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and China

@inproceedings{Wang2013TheIO,
  title={The Influences of Parental Expectations on Children's Academic Achievements: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and China},
  author={Xiaoyu Wang},
  year={2013}
}
Parenting is very important to children, and it directly or indirectly influences children's outcomes in schools. Parents express passions and strong desires to help their children to succeed regardless of race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status, and they are highly interested in their children's education in school. This paper is concerned with parental expectations for school-aged children in the United States and China under the influences of historical, cultural and social context. I will… 
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