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"Snowplow(扫雪机)
parenting" is the newest parenting style that can include parents booking
their adult children haircuts, calling their college kids to wake them up so
that they don't sleep through a test, and even calling their kids' employers.
"'Helicopter (直升机) parenting' means monitoring
their kids' every activity, which is out of date." Claire Cain Miller and
Jonah Engel Bromwich wrote in The New York Times. "Some rich mothers and
fathers now are more like snowplows: clearing any problems in their children's
path to success so that they don't have to meet failure or lose
opportunities."
There is a
mother who started a charity in her son's name to try to raise his chances of
being accepted to the college. Another parents spent years helping their
daughter avoid foods with sauce, which she didn't like. Once she got to
college, she had problems with the food in her school because it was all
covered in sauce.
A survey
says that three-quarters of parents of children between the ages of 18 and 28
ask for doctor visits or haircuts for their children, and 11% say they would
call their kids' bosses whether their children are having an issue at work.
As
reported, wealthy parents try to get their children into top colleges by giving
a large amount of money to a school, such as paying for a building. This
parenting has become the most popular way to raise children, whatever the
income, education, or race is.
Julie, a
teacher at Stanford, told the Times that "snowplow parenting" is not
a reasonable approach. "The parents should prepare the kid for the road,
instead of preparing the road for the kid," she said.
(1)
How does Julie like "snowplow parenting"?
A . It is unreasonable.
B . It is advanced.
C . It is accepted by teachers.
D . It is refused by rich people.
(2)
What is the character of "helicopter parenting"?
A . Parents make kids popular.
B . Parents provide little money for kids.
C . Parents ask kids to care for themselves.
D . Parents watch over kids' every activity.
(3)
What should parents do according to Julie?
A . Do as wealthy parents do.
B . Make kids be prepared.
C . Make roads be prepared.
D . Do as little as possible.
(4)
What's the best title for the text?
A . Helicopter Parenting.
B . The Similarity in Parenting.
C . A Research on Parenting.
D . A New Kind of Parenting.
答案: A
D
B
D