A research-based resource for teenagers · 为青少年而建
我想对父母说
What I Wish My Parents Knew
Kobe Chen
Grade 11 · Concordia International
School Shanghai
Sociology Public Health Shanghai 上海
"I didn't build this because someone asked me to. I built it because my research showed that the conversation needed to exist — and nobody had started it yet."

My name is Kobe. I'm a high school student at Concordia International School Shanghai, and I've spent most of my life living between two educational worlds.

Growing up in an international school while surrounded by friends navigating China's traditional academic system — I've always been struck by one thing: how differently students in the two environments seem to experience the same pressures. Some internalize it quietly. Some talk about it openly. Some don't talk about it at all — especially not to their parents.

That observation became a question. The question became a research project: a qualitative study in which I interviewed and surveyed 31 students across both Eastern and Western school systems in Shanghai, exploring how educational environment shapes teenage mental health, and how students communicate — or fail to communicate — their emotional experiences to the people closest to them.

What I found surprised me. It wasn't that students didn't want to talk to their parents. It was that most of them didn't know how. Not because their parents weren't caring, but because the words felt too risky, too complicated, or simply unavailable.

That's why I built this website.

我想对父母说 — "What I Wish My Parents Knew" — is my attempt to turn research into something useful. Not a textbook, not a lecture. Just an honest, practical resource written for teenagers, from a teenager who has been thinking about this for a long time.

The conversation guides on this site came directly from the real voices in my research. The interview with Jonathan Zielinski offers a professional perspective on what we go through and why. And the story-sharing section exists because I believe the most valuable thing I can offer isn't my own analysis — it's the space for other students to recognize themselves in each other's experiences.

If you're a teenager who has ever felt something you couldn't quite say to your parents — this site is for you. If you're a parent who wants to understand what's happening on the other side of that silence — this site is for you too.

I'm still learning. This project is still growing. But I think that's okay. The conversation has to start somewhere.

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学生访谈
Student interviews
2
教育体系比较
School systems
7
沟通指南
Conversation guides
Independent Researcher
Concordia Int'l School Shanghai
关于这个项目 · About
"我做这个研究,是因为我自己也在这两种教育世界之间长大。"

这个网站来自一篇关于上海东西方教育环境与青少年心理健康的独立研究论文。研究通过31次深度访谈,记录了分别就读于体制内学校和国际学校的学生对压力、家庭和自我认知的真实感受。

在分析这些数据的过程中,我发现了一个重复出现的主题:学生们不是不想和父母沟通,而是不知道怎么开口。这个网站是我对这一发现的回应。

我叫 Kobe Chen,是上海协和国际学校的一名学生。这个项目是我研究论文的延伸——从数据到行动。

定性研究 Qualitative Research 31位受访者 双语 Bilingual 上海 Shanghai 社会学 Sociology