For a long time, scholars thought that a family's income heavily affected how well kids did

　　in life．But that might not be the case．When Susan Mayer at the University of Chicago looked at the relationship between family income and lifetime achievement, she ran a series of experiments to measure it, finding such outcomes weren't caused by income．She argued that the things that make a difference are relatively inexpensive: the number of books a kid has or how often his family goes to museums．

　　Lareau, another scholar began one of the most in-depth observations of American parenting．He concluded that success is much more related to the amount of time parents spend with their children．He said "Many parents I interviewed are anxious about their children's futures．But they have exaggerated（夸大） the sense of the risks involved if they don't give their children 'the best' of everything．"

　　So at last, we decided to leave things as it were．More time with our kid is the best we can provide．

　　．The first paragraph is intended to _．

　　A．introduce the topic of the passage

　　B．confirm the result of a research

　　C．stress the importance of good education

　　D．support a research on child development

　　2．From the passage we know that most American parents _．

　　A．spend a lot of time with their children

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