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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