1 bring up children 养育小孩

　　Many people don't know how to bring up their children in exactly the right way. The honest truth is they have pretty much no idea what they're doing. 

　　2 be overwhelming(数量上) 压倒性的

　　There are so many books offering all kinds of conflicting advice. It can be really overwhelming.

　　3 go along 前进，进行

　　So people've spent most of their children's lives just making it up as parents go along. 所以大多数时间父母是边摸索，边抚养他们孩子的。

　　4 be born into poverty出身在穷人家庭

　　Don't be born into poverty or into disadvantage, because if you are, you're far more likely to walk in a difficult path in life.

　　5 have a failing memory记忆力衰退

　　And then decades down the line, they are more likely to have a failing memory, poor health and even die earlier.

　　6educational tests 教育测试

　　Children who were growing up in poverty were almost a year behind the richer children on educational tests. 

　　7 early circumstances 早期生活环境

　　It means that our early circumstances have a profound influence on the way that the rest of our lives play out. 

　　8 engaged , interested parents 负责人，关心人的父母

　　Parents really matter. Children who have engaged , interested parents tend to be ones who have ambition for their future and more likely to escape from a difficult start.

　　9 is strongly linked 联系紧密

　　Having engaged , interested parents in the first few years of life is strongly linked to children going on to do well at school later on.