每当进入小升初招生时节,家长们都会变得焦躁不安,为了让孩子进入一所理想的初中学校煞费苦心,虽然很多做法并不可取,但家长的心情也可以理解。一方面,家长对孩子的未来普遍寄予了很高期望。我们所做的一项独生子女课题研究发现,独生子女家长的期望值要明显高于非独生子女家长。正如人们常说,一个独生子女承载了家中几代人的希望。在家长看来,孩子能够在小升初中胜出,进入一所理想的初中学校就读,似乎向未来的成功又靠近了一步。另一方面,初中学校之 Parents feel anxious whenever entering the small enrollment period, and painstaking efforts to get their children into an ideal junior high school are understandable though many are not desirable. On the one hand, parents generally place high expectations on their children’s future. A study we conducted on a one-child study found that the expectation of an only-child parent was significantly higher than that of a non-only child parent. As often used to say, one-child carries the hope of generations at home. For parents, the ability for children to win a small junior middle school and attend an ideal junior high school seems to be one step closer to future success. On the other hand, junior high school