1. The children who fared best were those whose parents were both supportive and stimulating. 表现最好的孩子是那些其父母为既支持又激励型的。
2. One with supportive parents, one with stimulating parents, one whose parents combined both qualities and a final group who offered neither. 一组儿童的家长是支持型的,一组是激励型的,一组是支持激励相结合的,最后一组儿童的家长既不支持也不激励。
3. Stimulating parents were more actively involved in what their children did, steering them towards certain fields and pushing them to work hard, often acting as a tutor. 激励型的家长会更主动地参与到孩子们的活动中去,在某些领域里带领他们前行,推动他们努力,通常起着导师的作用。
4. So what is the outlook for parents who do everything right, those who manage to be both supportive and stimulating, who are good at demonstrating thinking skills to their children and successful at cultivating a self-motivated approach to learning? 那么,对那些模范家长,那些做到了对孩子既支持又激励,善于教给孩子思考的方法,成功地培养孩子学习上的主动性的家长,前景如何呢?
5. Children whose parents were stimulating without being supportive were candidates for fatigue. 激励型却缺乏支持的父母,他们的孩子很可能会疲劳厌倦。
6. One study has identified two kinds of parent style — the supportive and the stimulating. 有一项研究分出了两种风格的家长 -- 支持型的和激励型的。