It is generally believed that good parenting is one of the essential factors in moulding a pro-active young generation in the society. Some recommend formal courses in parenting to accomplish this goal. I too think exactly the same.
The fundamental reason behind my argument is because of the fact that today’s parents are not giving much significance to proper parenting. To be precise, instead of spending quality time with their children, they are concentrating in earning money. They think that if they have sufficient amount of money, they can satisfy the needs of their children in a better way. Therefore, they naturally have to work for longer durations, which would eventually result in the shrinkage of their personal space with their children.
Another reason why I strongly recommend a formal parenting course is because of the lack of knowledge among the modern parents regarding bringing up a child. In the past, people used to be in joint families, where parenting was not at all an issue. There were always provisions of child supervising from one or the other senior member of the family: whether it was parents, grandparents, uncles or nieces. They shared their good experiences regarding parenting each other and children acquired good qualities from them. However, today, the family size has shrunken and the good parenting techniques are hardly shared to parents.
There are some who might argue that parenting is a natural skill, which can be hardly taught. I do not think that there is much truth in this because today’s generation is well-adopted to professional approach of learning, irrespective of the field of study.
To conclude, though there are questions regarding the need of professional parenting courses, I think, the current situation really needs it.
It is
generally
believed that
good
parenting
is one of the essential factors in
moulding
a pro-active young generation in the society.
Some
recommend formal courses in
parenting
to accomplish this goal.
I too
think
exactly the same.
The fundamental reason behind my argument is
because of the fact that
today
’s parents are not giving much significance to proper
parenting
. To be precise,
instead
of spending quality time with their children, they are concentrating in earning money. They
think
that if they have sufficient amount of money, they can satisfy the needs of their children in a better way.
Therefore
, they
naturally
have to
work for longer durations, which would
eventually
result in the shrinkage of their personal space with their children.
Another reason why I
strongly
recommend a formal
parenting
course is
because
of the lack of knowledge among the modern parents regarding bringing up a child. In the past,
people
used
to be in joint families, where
parenting
was not at all an issue. There were always provisions of child supervising from one or the other senior member of the family: whether it was parents, grandparents, uncles or nieces. They shared their
good
experiences regarding
parenting
each other and children acquired
good
qualities from them.
However
,
today
, the family size has shrunken and the
good
parenting
techniques are hardly shared to parents.
There are
some
who might argue that
parenting
is a natural
skill
, which can be hardly taught. I do not
think
that there is much truth in this
because
today
’s generation is well-adopted to professional approach of learning, irrespective of the field of study.
To conclude
, though there are questions regarding the need of professional
parenting
courses, I
think
, the
current
situation
really
needs it.