We parents often provide our children with many material pleasures, taking it for granted that all children like these things.

我们父母总是给孩子一些物质上的快乐，想当然地认为所有孩子都喜欢这些东西。

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Often far away from home, we may start by keeping in contact with our parents, as a means to meet our obligations as part of our family.

通常如果离家很远的话，我们可以从与父母保持联系开始，作为家庭一份子履行家庭义务的一种方式。

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Our parents compete with others in their offices, our brothers and sisters compete with others in their colleges, and we compete with our classmates in schools.

我们的父母在办公室里和别人竞争，我们的兄弟姐妹在大学里和别人竞争，而我们在学校里和同学竞争。

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It's almost as if the way we speak of our parents with a sibling is the same way we speak with a stranger.

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Another thing we parents need to do with our kids, and sometimes this sounds like platitudes, but most of us have a story like this in our own life.

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We want our parents and grandparents to retire with a little dignity, because we believe that after a lifetime of hard work, they should enjoy their golden years.

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