Research And Influencing Factors Analysis Of Parental Expectation On 3-7 Year-old Children

Parenting beliefs influence their behavior. As an important part of parentingbeliefs, parental expectation affects children's development. It is the intention of thisthesis to conduct a comprehensive and systematic survey study on this subject.The research results indicate that parental expectation on children's developmentincludes five dimensions of expectancies in academic, social, self-management ofliving, body and mind, and advantage areas. The gender and age of child are notfound to be significant determinants for parental expectation. Parents with single childor not demonstrate significant difference in parental expectation. In addition to the ageof parents, parental expectations for their children are influenced by factors of theeducation and occupation of the parents, and the socioeconomic status and area ofliving.In general, it is concluded that parents had very high expectation on children'seducational level. And parents had relatively high expectation on all aspects ofchildren's development. Among the various factors influencing parental expectation,parents' assessments of the competence of their children is found to be the mostimportant factor. The findings suggest that with the improvement of correctassessment on children's competence, parents can develop realistic expectation onchildren.