6.網絡對孩子交際能力的不利影響
段落大意：孩子們過於依賴網絡技術進行交流使他們逐漸喪失了麵對麵交際的能力。
We are living in a “smart”world, as a result of the Internet and other advanced technology. Obviously, nowadays children are spending more time on the computer and their lack of social skills is an alarming problem. Online chatting with friends and relatives may seem a good thing, but the amount of time for interacting with people face to face is sacrificed. Thus Internet may cause more harm than benefits to children’s social skills. In some cases, they are even not able to express themselves properly.
7.幫助孩子學會理財
段落大意：當孩子們通過兼職工作掙到了錢，家長應該幫助他們學會理財。
When the children are old enough to earn their own money through babysitting, odd jobs （零工）, paper delivery or other part-time jobs, parents should first talk with them about opening a savings account, tracking their spending and creating their own budget（預算）. Second, consider having a brief appointment with a financial advisor （理財顧問） at your bank. Third, determine what portion（份額） of your income goes for items— such as lunch money and clothes—for your children. Put your children in charge of spending all or part of that money. Allow them to decide what they want to buy for lunch or for school clothes. Fourth, consider providing some guidelines. For example, at least 20.percent must be spent on fruit, or 30.percent on a pair of dress shoes. If they choose to blow the balance on expensive athletic shoes, do not increase their budget. When they realize cream-filled desserts aren’t such a great lunch and that they don’t want to wear last year’s shirts, they’ll quickly learn the importance of being economical （精打細算的） with their spending.
8.防止孩子受到網絡侵害的有效措施
段落大意：家長應采取一些有效措施來防止孩子受到網絡的侵害。
Children need to be taught how to behave on the Internet. A panel（專家小組） says an analogy（類比） could be drawn between the Internet and swimming pools. “Swimming pools”can be dangerous for children. To protect them, one can install locks, put up fences and deploy swimming pool alarms. All of these measures are helpful, but by far the most important thing that one can do for children is to teach them how to swim. Among the potential approaches are:
1）Allowing access only to Web pages that have already been checked and found appropriate.
2）Blocking inappropriate material with filtering （過濾的） software.
3）Warning the children about explicit（明確的） material and suggesting them choose something better.
4）Monitoring minors’（未成年人） Web activity and imposing a penalty if they are caught visiting inappropriate sites.
5）Educating the children not to view explicit material with reasons and building their sense of responsibility.
6）Making it harder for minors to find explicit materials or making access to such material more cumbersome （麻煩的） and inconvenient.
7）Helping children cope with the exposure to inappropriate material they will probably encounter （遭遇，遇到） at least occasionally.
9.孩子犯錯誤時，家長應有的態度
段落大意：孩子犯了錯誤，家長不應該批評，而是應讓孩子知道從這些錯誤中吸取教訓。
Most of us need to get more comfortable with mistakes. Sometimes, pointing out mistakes may prove not helpful. It works better to emphasize the things that work well. However, children often notice mistakes themselves. I believe it is helpful for children to learn that the mistakes they see in their drawing are useful for learning and getting new ideas. Tell them it is okay to erase and fix major mistakes, but point out that they can learn new things from mistakes. Sometimes the mistakes add some interest and expressive qualities that are hard to appreciate at first.