1While more families buck an older-generation proclivity to leave kids in the dark about real estate decisions, realty agents and psychologists have mixed views about the financial, personal and long-term effects kids’ opinions may have.
主干主语：realty agents and psychologists；谓语：have；宾语：mixed views about the financial, personal and long-term effects kids’ opinions may have
结构句子开头是“while”引导的让步状语从句，修饰整个主句。从句中“buck an older-generation proclivity to leave kids in the dark about real estate decisions”中“proclivity”是“buck”的宾语，“to leave...”是动词不定式作定语修饰“proclivity”，“kids in the dark”是介词短语作定语修饰“leave”。主句中“realty agents and psychologists”是并列主语，“have”是谓语，“mixed views about the financial, personal and long-term effects kids’ opinions may have”是宾语，其中“about...”是介词短语修饰“views”，“financial, personal and long-term effects kids’ opinions may have”是由“that”引导的同位语从句作“effects”的同位语。
译文虽然越来越多的家庭打破了老一辈对房地产决策不告知孩子的旧习俗，但房地产代理人和心理学家对孩子意见可能带来的财务、个人和长期影响持有混合观点。
考点while引导让步状语从句 · proclivity to do 表示倾向于做某事
2“Children may face serious difficulties in coping with significant moves, especially if it removes them from their current school or support system,” he said.
主干主语：Children；谓语：may face；宾语：serious difficulties in coping with significant moves
结构这是一个直接引语。引语内部“Children may face serious difficulties in coping with significant moves”是主从复合句，“especially if it removes them from their current school or support system”是“especially”引导的让步状语从句，修饰整个主句，“it”指代“moves”。“he said”是插入语，表示引用来源。
译文“孩子们在经历重大搬迁时可能会面临严重的困难，尤其是如果搬迁把他们从当前的学校或支持系统中移除出去，”他说。
考点especially if 让步状语从句 · 引用句中的插入语
3“Harsh as it may be to say, that decision should likely not be made contingent on a child’s opinions, but rather made for them with great consideration into what home can meet their needs best–and give them an opportunity to customize it a bit and make it their own.”
主干主语：that decision；谓语：should likely not be made；宾语：contingent on a child’s opinions
结构句子采用“Harsh as it may be to say”引导的让步倒装结构，修饰主句。“that decision should likely not be made contingent on a child’s opinions”是主句，“contingent on...”是介词短语作表语，“but rather made for them...”是并列谓语结构，“with great consideration into what home can meet their needs best”是介词短语作状语，“and give them an opportunity to customize it a bit and make it their own”是并列不定式作目的状语。
译文“尽管这么说可能残酷，但该决定很可能不应取决于孩子的意见，而应为他们做出，充分考虑哪套房子能最好地满足他们的需求，并给他们一点机会来定制它，使其成为他们自己的。”
考点Harsh as it may be to say 让步倒装结构 · contingent on 取决于 / made for them 被动
4This advice is more relevant now than ever before, even as more parents want to embrace the ideas of their children, despite the current housing crunch.
主干主语：This advice；谓语：is；表语：more relevant now than ever before
结构主句是“This advice is more relevant now than ever before”，其中“more...than ever before”是比较结构。“even as”引导时间状语从句，表示“尽管”或“随着”，修饰主句。“despite the current housing crunch”是介词短语作让步状语，修饰整个句子。
译文这个建议现在比以往任何时候都更相关，尽管更多父母想要拥抱孩子的想法，即使在当前的住房紧缺中。
考点even as 时间/让步状语从句 · despite 介词短语作状语