Abstract: Based on the survey data of five cities in Guangdong, the article analyses the differences in abilities of dealing with frustration and independent living between rural leftbehind children and ordinary children. It shows that, when facing setbacks, the rural leftbehind children feel more isolated and helpless because the parents are absent. So they will have more difficulties in dealing with frustration. Besides, leftbehind children′s level of the enthusiasm, selfconfidence and emotional adjustment of dealing with frustration are weaker than the ones of ordinary children. However, most of these differences will gradually disappear with rise of age and education. And it also shows that, between these two groups, there is no significant difference in independent living abilities in the various indicators.

Key words:  leftbehind children, ordinary children, level of education, frustration coping, independent living skills