How much responsibility a child should take and whether modern children are less interested in performing their duties and obligations is debatable. While offspring in some countries still take many responsibilities, a great number of them, in other countries, are busy with their education and personal interests. I personally believe that the way children take responsibilities has changed over the time, mostly as a positive change, and to what extent a child should carry out these liabilities should be determined by the family and social condition.
To begin with, the social, economic and family structure in the past, in most of the developing and underdeveloped countries, forced parents to distribute responsibilities among children and it was common for many young children to work hard and take care of younger family members besides their education. These young children learnt how to manage budgets, share things with other family members and face difficulties in life. Those important lessons, according to many, are no longer spread among the modern young generation and thus they become more selfish.
However, with the change of the family structure and social norm, people these days want their children to excel in education and other creative fields rather than taking care of the family. Joint family predominated the society and parents had more children in the past. With the rise of the nuclear family and one-to-two-child-family policy, parents totally focus on a child's education, unlike the past. In my opinion, blaming children for not taking responsibilities is an impartial judgement as modern children have far more pressure from schools and parents. They are not expected to earn money or do house hold works in a well-to-do family. With the increasing literacy rates, less discrimination in a family, women empowerment and better lifestyle, the trend has more positive outcomes, without a doubt.
To conclude, these days we want our children to be the best scorer, best athlete, and outshine in everything they do unlike the past when parents wanted assistance from their offsprings to support the family. Thus the changes have brought numerous developments and the move was inevitable with the paradigm shift of the social structure.
How much
responsibility
a child should take and whether modern
children
are less interested in performing their duties and obligations is debatable. While offspring in
some
countries
still
take
many
responsibilities
, a great number of them, in other countries, are busy with their
education
and personal interests. I
personally
believe that the way
children
take
responsibilities
has
changed
over the time,
mostly
as a
positive
change
, and to what extent a child should carry out these liabilities should
be determined
by the
family
and
social
condition.
To
begin
with, the
social
, economic and
family
structure in the
past
, in most of the developing and underdeveloped countries, forced
parents
to distribute
responsibilities
among
children
and it was common for
many
young
children
to work
hard
and take care of younger
family
members
besides
their
education
. These young
children
learnt
how to manage budgets, share things with other
family
members and face difficulties in life. Those
important
lessons, according to
many
, are no longer spread among the modern young generation and
thus
they become more selfish.
However
, with the
change
of the
family
structure and
social
norm,
people
these days want their
children
to excel in
education
and other creative fields
rather
than taking care of the
family
. Joint
family
predominated the society and
parents
had more
children
in the
past
. With the rise of the nuclear
family
and one-to-two-child-family policy,
parents
totally
focus on a child's
education
, unlike the
past
. In my opinion, blaming
children
for not taking
responsibilities
is an impartial judgement as modern
children
have far more pressure from schools and
parents
. They are not
expected
to earn money or do
house
hold works in a well-to-do
family
. With the increasing literacy rates, less discrimination in a
family
, women empowerment and better lifestyle, the trend has more
positive
outcomes, without a doubt.
To conclude
, these days we want our
children
to be the best scorer
, best
athlete, and outshine in everything they do unlike the
past
when
parents
wanted assistance from their
offsprings
to support the
family
.
Thus
the
changes
have brought numerous developments and the
move
was inevitable with the paradigm shift of the
social
structure.