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Parents Say Good Grades Trump Kindness... at Least That's What Kids Think

Professor Richard Weissbourd examines the dissonance between parents' expectations and children's perceptions

"“The achievement pressure can have a bunch of negative results,” says Weissbourd, who is co-director of the Making Caring Common project. “I’m concerned that it makes kids less happy.”

Weissbourd says living up to this standard causes stress and depression and can lead to bad behaviors, such as cheating. Studies have found that 50 percent of students admit to cheating and 75 percent say they have copied someone else’s homework, possibly in an attempt to live up to expectations...."

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