Many students may feel stressed because of their parents. Most parents have good intentions, some of them are not very helpful with the problems their sons and daughters have in (adjust) to college, and a few of them seem to go out of their way to add to their children's (difficulty).
For one thing, parents are often not aware of (意识到) the kinds of problems their (child) face. They don't realize that the (compete) is stronger, that the required standards of work are (high), and that their children may not be prepared for change. They may be upset by their children's poor grades. At their kindest, they may (gentle) ask why John or Mary isn't doing better, whether he or she is trying as hard as he or she should, and so on. At their worst, they may threaten (take) children out of college or cut off living expenses.
Sometimes parents think it right and natural that they determine their children do with their lives. They forget that everyone is different and that each person must develop in his or her own way.
