1AnnexKey findings from the Study on Core Life Values for Parenting Education1. In the survey, a list of 32 core life values have been identified:1) 有節制 Self-restrained 17) 忍耐 Patience2) 誠實 Honesty 18) 自強不息 Strive to improve3) 有公民意識 Citizenship 19) 平等 Equality4) 積極 Positive mindset 20) 愛好和平 Peace5) 寬恕 Forgiveness 21) 負責任 Responsible6) 上進 Strive to improve 22) 正義 Righteousness7) 包容 Tolerance 23) 自信 Confidence8) 孝順 Filial pity 24) 獨立自主 Independence9) 互相尊重 Mutual respect 25) 尊重他人的權利 Respect the rights of the others10) 廉潔 Incorruptible 26) 具批判性思考 Have critical thinking11) 為他人著想 Considerate 27) 堅毅 Persistence12) 有禮貌 Polite 28) 勤勞 Diligence13) 節儉 Frugality 29) 樂於助人 Willing to help others14) 體諒別人 Understanding others 30) 勇敢 Courage15) 關懷愛護家人 Caring and loving towards family members31) 愛國 Patriotic16) 自力更生 Self-reliance 32) 誠懇 Sincerity2. Based on a Likert scale of 9, with “1 4” denoting low or very low, “5” denoting medium and “6 9” denoting high or very high level of importance, the results revealed that the average score for each of the 32 core values was above 6, indicating that the respondents, on average, considered that the level of importance for these core life values was high or very high.23. The top 5 core life values which were considered comparatively most important by the five groups of respondents are :-School Principals1) 自力更生 Self-reliance2) 有節制 Self-restrained3) 誠實 Honesty4) 愛好和平 Peace5) 獨立自主 IndependenceSchool Social Workers1) 自力更生 Self-reliance2) 有節制 Self-restrained3) 誠實 Honesty4) 獨立自主 Independence5) 互相尊重 Mutual respectRepresentatives of Parent-Teacher Associations (PTA)1) 自力更生 Self-reliance2) 誠實 Honesty3) 愛好和平 Peace4) 忍耐 Patience5) 獨立自主 IndependenceParents1) 關懷愛護家人 Caring and loving towards family members2) 負責任 Responsible3) 孝順 Filial pity4) 誠實 Honesty5) 自力更生 Self-reliance3Children1) 孝順 Filial pity2) 關懷愛護家人 Caring and loving towards family members3) 負責任 Responsible4) 有禮貌 Polite5) 互相尊重 Mutual respect4. School principals in general gave a higher score for all values, followed by school social workers, representatives of PTA and parents. Children gave the lowest.5. In general, mothers accorded a higher level of importance to the core life values, as compared with fathers. Among the children respondents, daughters in general had higher ratings of importance for all 32 core life values, as compared to ratings given by sons.6. Parent respondents generally expected their children to occasionally or always behave according to these core life values. Mothers generally had a higher expectation on their childrens behaviour as compared with fathers. 7. The top 5 core life values according to which the parents expected the children to behave and the top 5 core values perceived by the children as being their parents expectation on them are as below: Parents Expectation on Children Childrens Perceived Expectationon themselves by their Parents1) 孝順 Filial pity 1) 孝順 Filial pity2) 關懷愛護家人 Caring and loving towards family members2) 關懷愛護家人 Caring and loving towards family members3) 負責任 Responsible 3) 負責任 Responsible4) 上進 Strive to improve 4) 上進 Strive to improve5) 有禮貌 Polite 5) 有禮貌 Polite48. Based on a Likert scale of 9, with “1 4” denoting poor or very poor, “5” denoting average and “6 9” denoting good or very good, the results revealed that parent respondents considered the performance of youths with regard to the 32 core life values as average. When asked how they perceived the performance of the adults, the children respondents also considered their performance as average. 9. The top 5 core values with comparatively higher scores on the perceived performance of the youths and adults respectively are as follows:Performance of Youth Perceived by Parent RespondentsPerformance of Adults Perceived by Children Respondents1) 愛好和平 Peace 1) 關懷愛護家人 Caring and loving towards family members2) 關懷愛護家人 Caring and loving towards family members2) 自力更生 Self-reliance3) 自信 Confidence 3) 勤勞 Diligence4) 樂於助人 Willing to help others 4) 獨立自主 Independence5) 廉潔 Incorruptible 5) 自信 Confidence10. When asked on the difficulties and problems faced in the parenting process, most of the parent respondents indicated that they had occasionally encountered problems. Among the parent respondents, more fathers had indicated that they often and sometimes encountered problems in the parenting process, as compared with the mothers. The top 5 problems most frequently encountered as indicated by the parent respondents are as below: 1) Did not have time to be with children2) Did not know how to solve the academic problem of children3) Did not understand children4) Did not know how to communicate with children5) Did not know how to relieve pressure of children*