Hurried child syndrome^{1 refers to a condition in which parents overschedule their childrens lives, push them hard for academic success, and expect them to behave and react as miniature adults.}

忙碌兒童綜合征指的是父母將孩子的生活安排得過滿、極力需要孩子在學業上獲得佳績，并且期望孩子表現得像小大人一樣的現象。

One symptom of the hurried child syndrome is forcing pre-school children to constantly take classes and perform other enrichment exercises to help them prepare for school. This is also called hothousing and the superbaby syndrome.

忙碌兒童綜合征的癥狀之一就是強迫學齡前兒童不斷參加各種輔導班和專長培訓，以幫助他們為入學做好籌備。這種現象也被叫做溫室培育和超級寶貝綜合征。

The concept of the hurried child was first proposed by child psychologist David Elkind in his now-classic 1981 book The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast.

忙碌兒童這個定義是由心理學家大衛艾爾金德在其1981年出版的經典著作《忙碌兒童：成長得太快》初次提出的。