The teachers, textbooks and courses used in public primary schools strictly follow the nine-year compulsory education, and can be well connected with junior high schools and senior high schools in the future. Private schools are closer to personality education, and these differences make parents hesitate when deciding whether to choose public or private primary schools. In fact, large classes in public schools and boarding in private primary schools will also affect children's psychological growth to some extent. Let's listen to Xu Hui, an associate professor in the Department of Psychology, Zhengzhou University School of Education.

"School-age children, self-evaluation ability is not strong, many times rely on other people's evaluation of him. Therefore, every child wants to get the attention of others, especially the teacher. Especially when he first entered primary school, the teacher was the most authoritative in his heart, even surpassing his parents. If the child is neglected by the teacher for a long time, he may feel inferior; In addition, children's attention development is unstable, and teachers often need to remind them in class. Otherwise, it is not conducive to the development of good study habits. " Xu Hui said.

At present, most public primary schools have 70 to 80 students in a class, and the teachers are responsible, so they are unable to take care of every child. Obviously, children get less attention from teachers here than private primary schools with 20 to 30 students in a class. Xu Hui suggested that parents of children with large classes should communicate with teachers more, so that teachers can know more about their children's habits and advantages, which can improve teachers' attention to their children to some extent.

In addition, a major feature of private primary schools is boarding education. With the help of the life teacher, the child's self-care ability has improved. However, school-age children have not yet realized the psychological weaning period of teenagers and have strong emotional needs for their parents. "If children live in school too early, on the one hand, it is not conducive to the maintenance of parent-child relationship, on the other hand, many habits of children have not been developed. Although it is taken care of by a life teacher, it is not always corrected like being with parents, which may make children feel lonely and anxious and affect their mental health. " Xu Hui said that private primary schools have small classes and strong mobility, which is not as conducive to the formation of children's collective consciousness as public primary schools.