Nearly every parent says that we never grow up. In fact, we are maybe 16 or 17 years old.

In their eyes, we are always little ones and always do wrong things. For example, when I need to stay at home alone, they always worry about me and my life without them.

Most parents always think that they have offered the best things they can to make their children live in a comfortable world. They buy their children pretty clothes, cool shoes, strange but expensive school things, and always a thousand-yuan-cost bike. They think that they have done everything they can to their dear little children. In return, they only want their little boy to give them good results in the examinations.

But why children still can’t understand them? Why? Does it mean that they still want more material(物质)things. No. As a matter of fact, what they want is a true family. What does a true family mean? I think it means a place where we can hide ourselves from the outside cold world. From here, we can get warmth, we can get consolation(安慰), and we can get happiness. And one important thing is that we should be stronger and more confident in the outside world because we know that we have a family.

So I think that parents should save their money and sit down to talk with their child. Let them know that they have a true family, so the child and his parents could understand each other more and more. Then, no boy will be regarded as a little boy.

(1) What do parents want when they give their children so much?

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(2) What does a true family mean?

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(3) What should parents do to make them and their child understand each other?

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(4) 在文中找出与As a matter of fact相同意思的词组。

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(5) In the passage, the underline word “they” refers to ______________.