It is argued whether parents and teachers should impose strict control on children’s behaviour or just let them behave freely. In my opinion, neither total freedom nor absolute control will benefit children; rather parents should monitor their conduct properly.
On the one hand, too much control on children’s activities can affect the formation and development of some valuable abilities. Primarily, it will hurt the problem solving skill of children as this ability is cultivated and developed through trial and error. If young people are over constrained in their daily lives, they will have no solutions for the problems they might face in future. It is more likely for them to consult their teachers and parents for suitable and effective solutions, which is the undesirable result of over dependence on others. Besides, children whose manners are highly controlled by parents and teachers may be restricted in imagination and creativity, which are essential to their academic performance and also the key to gain success in complicated tasks in the workplace in the future.
However, it is not to say that young people’s lives should not be monitored / supervised at all. Having no control on children’s conducts can lead to detrimental results. My primary concern is that children may fail to respect and obey laws and regulations and they may simply behave in the way they like. For example, children may misbehave by engaging in activities such as habitual lying or littering just to entertain themselves without realizing that they have already violated some regulations. On the contrary, if the parents and teachers discipline their children whenever they go wrong, they are more likely to become law-abiding adults or even contributing members of their community.
To conclude, I believe that both parents and teachers have an obligation to discipline children’s behaviours and educate them in proper ways, rather than enforcing strict control or permitting absolute freedom.
It
is argued
whether
parents
and
teachers
should impose strict
control
on
children’s
behaviour
or
just
let
them behave
freely
. In my opinion, neither total freedom nor absolute
control
will benefit
children
;
rather
parents
should monitor their conduct
properly
.
On the one hand, too much
control
on
children’s
activities can affect the formation and development of
some
valuable abilities.
Primarily
, it will hurt the problem solving
skill
of
children
as this ability
is cultivated
and developed through trial and error. If young
people
are over constrained in their daily
lives
, they will have no solutions for the problems they might face
in future
. It is more likely for them to consult their
teachers
and
parents
for suitable and effective solutions, which is the undesirable result of over dependence on others.
Besides
,
children
whose manners are
highly
controlled by
parents
and
teachers
may
be restricted
in imagination and creativity, which are essential to their academic performance and
also
the key to gain success in complicated tasks in the workplace in the future.
However
, it is not to say that young
people
’s
lives
should not
be monitored
/ supervised at all. Having no
control
on
children’s
conducts can lead to detrimental results. My primary concern is that
children
may fail to respect and obey laws and
regulations and
they may
simply
behave in the way they like.
For example
,
children
may misbehave by engaging in activities such as habitual lying or littering
just
to entertain themselves without realizing that they have already violated
some
regulations.
On the contrary
, if the
parents
and
teachers
discipline their
children
whenever they go
wrong
, they are more likely to become law-abiding adults or even contributing members of their community.
To conclude
, I believe that both
parents
and
teachers
have an obligation to discipline
children’s
behaviours
and educate them in proper ways,
rather
than enforcing strict
control
or permitting absolute freedom.