In the picture, a boy wearing glasses is struggling for the destination on the runway symbolizes cultural knowledge. Seeing he is getting close to the 100-piont benchmark, his relatives are all very excited. However, the next two runways which are the emblem of "quality, psychological and moral" are idle.<?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"></?xml:namespace>
Parents' certain expectation of kids is quite natural, and appropriate expectation can stimulate children's learning motivation. However, if the expectation is beyond kids' capacity, it will bring both physiological and psychological harm to kids.
Firstly, too much stress and pressure drive children's achievement away, and they will lose the achievement motivation such as the strong drive on learning interest. Secondly, expecting too much leads to children's achievement anxiety. Under such condition, children often fear being overtaken by others, so they constantly feel nervous, after which might bring the hatred of others' improvements. Thirdly, over-expectation will grow the kids’ dissatisfaction with parents. Some children in adolescence use negative ways to resist their parents, even some antisocial behaviors.
This issue strikes me that it is parents that should be largely responsible for it. The children are relatively lacking in social experience and judgment ability. So parents need to set specific expectations of the kids. And the children can also solve the problem like communicating with parents in an optimistic and positive attitude and let them understand the kids’ better.