In bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the child’s learning of each new skill -- the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child beyond his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feeling of failure and states of worry in the child. This might happen at any stages. A baby might be forced to use a toilet too early, a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of words he reads. On the other hand, though, if a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.
Parents vary greatly in their degree of strictness towards their children. Some may be especially strict in money matters, and others are severe over times of coming home at night or punctuality for meals. In general, the controls imposed represent th
A. should encourage them to read before they know the meaning of the words they read
B. should not expect too much of them
C. should neither push them too hard nor leave them on their own
D. should create as many learning opportunities as possible
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