Snow Plow Parenting Becoming New Trend

Snow Plow Parenting Becoming New Trend

　　You've probably heard of helicopter parents that hover over their kids all the time. However, have you heard of snow plow parenting? It's a new trend in this increasingly competitive world. Some experts say overparenting could end up hurting rather than helping children. Sometimes parents are tiger moms, sometimes helicopter parents, and now snow plow parents. Snow plow parents push life's obstacles out of their children's way, be they bad grades or being overlooked on a sports team.

　　Children of helicopter and snow plow parents aren't going to understand the value of learning from failures, trying repeatedly, and gaining knowledge from situations that went wrong. Renowned Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck warns of a consequence of snow plow parenting. "They're teaching their children a terrible lesson," she said. "If you're not good at something immediately, get out. It's humiliating to be a novice." Dweck's book, Mindset, details her research, showing when students are praised for achievement, they actually become fearful of failure. On the other hand, Dweck said, “When you get something wrong, it means you need more effort or you need to try another strategy. And guess what happened? They became more resilient." Dweck points out all successful Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have failed early and often learned from their mistakes. That is something for all parents to remember. Experience in failing, getting back up, and trying new approaches to problems is very important for kids of all ages.

     1.     According to the passage, what are snow plow parents?

(A) Parents that study with their children in the winter.

(B) Parents that force their kids to earn money by shoveling other people's driveways.

(C) Parents that make sure their children never have any trouble.

(D) Parents that teach their children how to drive at a very young age.

     2.     What lesson does snow plow parenting teach?

(A) Always get up when you fall down.

(B) If you are not excellent at something right away, stop doing it.

(C) If you don't value your parents, you must be punished.

(D) You should never try something that a friend already does well.

     3.     Why is Silicon Valley brought up in the passage?

(A) It's where most snow plow parents live.

(B) It's where people make a lot of money in real estate.

(C) It's where snow plow parents learned their parenting skills.

(D) It's an example of people failing and starting over.

铲雪育儿成了新趋势

　　您大概听过总是盘旋在孩子身边的直升机父母。然而，你听过铲雪式的教养方式吗？在这个竞争日益激烈的世界里，这是一种新趋势。有些专家表示，过分教养可能最终会伤害孩子而非帮助他们。有时父母是虎妈（编按：指对子女的管教十分严格的父母），有时是直升机父母，而现在则有铲雪父母。铲雪父母会把子女生活上的障碍都推离他们的人生道路，无论这些障碍是成绩不好或是在运动队伍中被忽视。

　　直升机父母和铲雪父母的孩子不会了解从失败中学习、反复尝试以及从出差错的情况中获得知识的价值。知名的史丹佛大学心理学家卡萝‧杜薇克对铲雪式教养的结果提出了警告。她表示：『他们给自己的孩子上了很糟糕的一课。如果你对某些东西不能立即上手，那就别做了。作为一位初学者，这样是很丢脸的。』杜薇克的著作《心态致胜》详细介绍了她的研究，书中表示当学生因有所成就而受到赞美，他们实际上就会变得害怕失败。另一方面来说，杜薇克表示：『当你做错了事情，这意味着你需要更多的努力，或是你必须尝试另一种策略。你猜发生了什么事？他们的适应力变得更强了。』杜薇克指出，所有成功的硅谷企业家在早期都曾失败，且常常从自己的错误当中学到教训。这是所有父母要记住的事情。体验失败、重新振作起来并尝试新的解决方法，这对所有年龄层的孩子来说都是非常重要的。

答案： 1.   C   2.   B   3.   D