The excessive permissiveness of modern parents is surely doing more harm than good.

现代父母的过度娇纵无疑弊大于利。

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But that, believe it or not, was one of the findings parents might regard as good news.

但是，信不信由你，这可能是家长们认为的好消息之一。

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I ran all the way home because I was very eager to announce the good news that I was admitted by the Peking University to my parents.

我一路跑回家，因为我迫不及待想向父母宣布我被北大录取的好消息。

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And there may be another explanation: pressure from parents to get a good return on the family's investment.

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The study observed people in a shopping--in a parking lot of a supermarket and found that parents were a lot rougher to the kids if their kids are ugly than if their kids are good looking.

研究人员在一个超市的停车场里观察,并发现父母对丑小孩的态度,会比对漂亮小孩的态度更粗暴。

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The money came mostly from the weekly pay the children get from their parents for good behavior or work around the house.

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Ms. Malizia called the couple good parents and said they had lived in the home on Nash Court for about five years and were planning a move to Brooklyn, having recently listed the home with a local real estate company.

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One should tell his or her parents about the good and bad things, and let parents know their situations.

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This can be good from the parents' point of view, but only if they live in luxurious surroundings.

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