Cindy Ma, chair of the Chinese Students Association at Cornell University, explains that Chinese parents feel a great responsibility for their off-spring, and want them ideally to follow a chosen course in life.
以子女選擇大學就讀的科系來說，只要是這些父母們略有些知識，就很少不參與意見，且知識程度愈高，參與程度愈深。如今也是康乃爾大學華裔中國同學會會長馬仙蒂指出，中國父母老覺得對孩子們有很多責任，最好按照他們計畫好的路來走。