Childup – Staff Reporter
“According to a new study, American, but not Chinese, children’s sense of responsibility to their parents tends to decline in the seventh and eighth grades, a trend that coincides with declines in their academic performance. The American children’s sense of obligation to their parents and desire to please them by doing well in school declined over the next two years, however, while the Chinese students generally maintained their feelings of obligation and increased their motivation to please their parents with their academic achievements”(more)