The present research has several limitations. The participants were
from well-educated families. Findings could be different for children and
parents from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Second, the research
was conducted in an elementary school in Beijing. Regional differences
could be considered, given the different economic development
in East and West China and cultural differences between North and
South China. Therefore, future research could attend to other groups
and other geographic regions. This study only involved two families,
making the generalization of the findings not possible. Future research
could investigate larger samples. In addition, this research only targeted
one age group and therefore lacks a perspective of change over time.
Longitudinal studies may be conducted to investigate parental roles at
different developmental stages of child career development