The competitive stress that parents live under also rubs off on the children, who vie with each other over who wears the most famous brands, or whose family has the biggest factory. "For the school's Mid-Autumn Festival party, one parent even donated an imported luxury car as a lucky-draw prize," complains one mother, aghast at the way some at the school flaunt their wealth.
家長的競爭壓力無形影響了小孩，比名牌、比誰家工廠大，「就連學校中秋晚會，都有家長提供進口大轎車，當作抽獎品，」一位家長談起校內這股「炫燿」歪風，十分不能贊同。