Elkind argues that academic success is largely dependent upon factors out of parents' control, such as inherited abilities and a child's rate of maturation.
艾尔金德认为，学业上的成功很大程度上取决于父母无法控制的因素，比如遗传能力和孩子的成熟速度。
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In fact, according to developmental psychologist David Elkind, United States society tends to push children so rapidly that they begin to feel stress and pressure at a young age.