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In the picture above, there vividly describes a small bird confined to a large cage. However, it is looking at the blue sky, longing for a free flight. Clearly, by providing the picture above, the author is showing his attitude towards the issue of children’s education and over-protection in our society.

The picture tells us that some parents tend to overlook the fact that nothing is more harmful and damaging than over-protection, so they seldom attach due attention to its threat to their children. By doing so, they provide their children with delicious food, fashionable clothes and comfortable dwelling, but they seldom cultivate their talents, self-reliance and self-worth. When these children grow up, they cannot fit into a competitive society and therefore they cannot accumulate their wealth and establish their career. By and large, doting care threatens to do more harm than good because such an attitude will probably exert negative effects on the sustainable development of children.

In this issue, parents must enhance the awareness that the problems arising from over- protection would overshadow the so-called benefits. For another thing, educational researchers and experts are expected to work out solutions to cultivate children’s self- reliance. Many options exist, but the best philosophy is to teach children to stand on their own feet. The way we will deal with this problem is a lot more important than exploring the reasons underlying it.