TY  - JOUR
AB  - Recently in China there has been a problem of “excessiveness
of education”, i.e. parents′ education of their children exceeds
certain limits. This is considered under three categories: (1) excessive
attachment to children in daily life; (2) excessive care for children′s
study; and (3) use of excessive regular methods. Category (1) can lead
to priority being given to the child to the detriment of other family
members and at extreme financial cost. Category (2): in addition to
following school studies closely, parents often set extra‐curricular
tests and studies for their children and work out “unrealistic
objectives” which they expect their children to achieve. This
exerts great pressure on the children and has even led to cases of
suicide. In Category (3) children are taught at home pre‐school to the
degree that they are well‐advanced in studies when they enter primary
school. This has the negative effects that children are tired of study
before they even attend school or are bored because they have already
learned what they are now being taught. This continues throughout
education with parents acting as “second teachers”.
Excessive family education is seen to end in failure; producing negative
influences on the development of children′s intelligence and
personalities.
VL  - 18
IS  - 8/9/10
SN  - 0306-8293
DO  - 10.1108/03068299110137794
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/03068299110137794
AU  - Yongxin Zhu
AU  - Rongxian Wu
PY  - 1991
Y1  - 1991/01/01
TI  - On the Problem of “Excessiveness” of Family Education in China
T2  - International Journal of Social Economics
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 137
EP  - 140
Y2  - 2024/09/24
ER  -