The saying goes: 'It doesn't matter where you came from. All that matters is where you're going.'
常言道:”你出生卑微并不重要,重要的是你是否志存高远“。
But new research suggests that this might not be the case.
但是新的研究表明,可能并非如此
A study now suggests that children of supportive parents are richer and happier in later life.
现在一项新的研究表明,有父母支持的孩子在往后的生活中更加幸福和富有。
Researchers from Kobe University in Japan found that mothers and fathers who help their children in their early years ensure they have higher salaries when they grow up.
日本神户大学的研究员们发现,如果父母在孩子幼年时帮助他们,那么他们长大后工资水平会更高。
They are also more likely to get high grades at school and have less chance of dying early.
他们(孩子)也更有可能在学校获得高分,并且他们的早逝几率也变得更小了。(早逝,受教育不好会早逝?????什么理论)
The study involved an online survey of 5000 men and women who were asked about their relationship with their parents.
该项研究涉及了5000名男性和女性,在线调查了他们和父母的关系。
Participants were asked to agree or disagree with statements like: ‘My parents trusted me’ and ‘I felt like my family had no interest in me’.
诸如“我父母信任我”及“我感觉父母对我没兴趣”这样的陈述只能用同意或不同意来回答。
The researchers used this data to split parents into six groups: supportive strict indulgent easygoing harsh and average.
研究者根据数据把父母分成六个组:支持型,严厉型,放纵型,随和型,苛刻型和正常型。
In all three of these categories what was missing was the positive mentality that only children of supportive parents had.
以上三种类型的孩子所缺失的是支持型父母的孩子所具有的积极心态。
They also earned less overall than children whose parents supported them.
这些类型的孩子以后的收入也比支持型父母的孩子来得少。
Parents in the average category were a control to compare to the rest.
这里将正常型父母作为其他类型的参照标准。