People might say that they try to give their children an education so they will get a good start in life. If their children act out, they hope that they are just going through a stage and that they will get over it. Parents hope that their children won’t be burdened with financial worries or ill health and, if they face such difficulties, that they will be able to overcome them. Parents hope that their children will have a long life span and that they will go far in life. But they also know that their children, as all mortals, will reach the end of the road.

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    人們會說他們會盡力讓自己的孩子受良好的教育，這樣，孩子會有個好的生命開端。如果孩子出現(xiàn)行為問題，他們希望那是過程中難免的，不久就會過去。父母希望孩子沒有經(jīng)濟(jì)上的困難或健康不佳。萬一有了，父母希望他們能渡過難關(guān)。父母希望孩子健康長壽，事業(yè)有成，但他們也知道他們的孩子像常人無異，總會走到生命的盡頭。