If parents bring up a child with the aim of turning the child into a (36)_____, they will cause a disaster. According to several leading educational (37) _____, this is one of the biggest mistakes that (38) _____parents make. Generally, the child will be only too aware of what the parent expects, and will fail. Unrealistic parental (39) _____can cause great damage to children. However, if parents are not too (40) _____about what they expect their children to do, but are ambitious in a (41) _____way, the child may succeed in doing very well — especially if the parents are very supportive of their child.
Michael Li is very lucky. He is crazy about music, and his parents help him a lot by taking him to concerts and arranging (42) _____ piano and violin lessons for him.
Although Michael’’s mother knows very little about music, Michael’’s father plays the trumpet in a large (43) _____. However, he never makes Michael enter music competitions if he is unwilling.
Michael’’s friend, Winston Chen, however, is not so lucky. (44)________________.
They want their son to be (45)__________________. They are very unhappy when he does not win. "When I was your age, I used to win every competition I entered." Winston’’s father tells him (46)____________________.
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Although both his parents are successful musicians, they set......