Once there were two neighbors living next to each other. One of them was a retired(退休的) teacher and the other was an engineer. 1 of them planted the same plants in their gardens. The retired teacher was giving a small number of water to his plants and he didn't always give a full attention to them. But the other neighbor gave a lot of water to his plants. He 2 them too well. One day,a rainstorm started suddenly during the night. The next morning, the engineer was 3 to see that his plants came off from the roots(根). But the retired teacher's plants grew very well. The engineer went to the retired teacher and asked," We both grew the same plants together. I took care of my plants 4 than you did for yours, and even gave them more water. Still, my plants came off from the roots, while yours didn't. How is that possible?" The retired teacher smiled and said," You gave your plants more attention and water, but because of that they didn't need to work 5 for water. You made it easy for them. While I gave them just proper(恰当的) water and 6 their roots search(寻找) for more. And their roots went deeper and deeper, which made them 7 "
This story is about parenting where children are like plants. 8 everything is given to them, they will not understand the hard work it takes to have those things. Teach them 9 to walk, but let them go their own way. Sometimes it's best to guide them but not to 10 them
