Children spend most of their childhood with their parents. Parents shape their children from the beginning of their children’s lives. They develop close emotional ties with their children and share their interests with them. They teach them values. Therefore, parents can be very important teachers in children’s lives, but they are not always the best teachers.
Parents may be too close to their children emotionally. They may limit their children’s freedom in the name of safety. For example, an elementary school teacher may organize a trip to a place far from their hometown or take them to the camp for the purpose of education. However, parents don’t think this preferable, because such trip can expose their children to dangers. Although it is natural that parents are worried about their children, but this sometimes prevent them from growing up.
Another problem is that parents sometimes expect their children’s interest to be the similar to their own. For example, one of my friends loves science, but his father loves economics. He was obedient to what his parents say, so he decided to major in economics as his father’s advice. However, he was not so interested in economics and was not able to concentrate on studying, and he failed some classes and repeated a school year. Finally, he couldn’t graduate from university. He again studied for university entrance exams and this time majored in science. As you can see from this example, children sometimes succumb to parental pressure and are forced to choose an undesirable choice.
Finally, although many parents want to pass on their values to their children, values can change as the time goes. Some parents, especially older ones, cannot keep up with rapid social changes and scientific revolutions. For instance, nowadays there appear various tablets, like iPad, which are convenient for studying. They can be written on by electrical pencils and they are so light that digital textbooks are more convenient to carry around than paper textbooks are. However, some parents opposed using digital textbooks, thinking that students should use papers to study and should not use the same device as they use when they play games. They don’t understand or value the digital revolution.
To sum up, although parents teach their children important lessons and moral values, sometimes they can prevent their children from growing up as I mentioned above. The best teacher can be different according to the situation.
Children
spend most of their childhood with their
parents
.
Parents
shape their
children
from the beginning of their
children’s
lives
. They develop close emotional ties with their
children
and share their interests with them. They teach them values.
Therefore
,
parents
can be
very
important
teachers in
children’s
lives
,
but
they are not always the best teachers.
Parents may be too close to their
children
emotionally
. They may limit their
children’s
freedom in the name of safety.
For example
, an elementary school teacher may organize a trip to a place far from their hometown or take them to the camp for the purpose of education.
However
,
parents
don’t
think
this preferable,
because
such trip can expose their
children
to
dangers
. Although it is natural that
parents
are worried
about their
children
,
but
this
sometimes
prevent
them from growing up.
Another problem is that
parents
sometimes
expect
their
children’s
interest to be the similar to their
own
.
For example
, one of my friends
loves
science,
but
his father
loves
economics. He was obedient to what his
parents
say,
so
he decided to major in economics as his father’s advice.
However
, he was not
so
interested in economics and was not able to concentrate on studying, and he failed
some
classes and repeated a school year.
Finally
, he couldn’t graduate from university. He again studied for university entrance exams and this time majored in science. As you can
see
from this example,
children
sometimes
succumb to parental pressure and
are forced
to choose an undesirable choice.
Finally
, although
many
parents
want to pass on their values to their
children
, values can
change
as the time goes.
Some
parents
,
especially
older ones, cannot
keep
up with rapid social
changes
and scientific revolutions.
For instance
, nowadays there appear various tablets, like iPad, which are convenient for studying. They can
be written
on by electrical
pencils and
they are
so
light that digital textbooks are more convenient to carry around than paper textbooks are.
However
,
some
parents
opposed using digital textbooks, thinking that students should
use
papers to study and should not
use
the same device as they
use
when they play games. They don’t understand or
value
the digital revolution.
To sum up, although
parents
teach their
children
important
lessons and moral values,
sometimes
they can
prevent
their
children
from growing up as I mentioned above. The best teacher can be
different
according to the situation.