Some are of the opinion that children should be allowed to make mistakes, while others feel that adults should take a preventative approach. In my opinion, there are limits but it is nonetheless essential for healthy development to permit children their errors.
Proponents of reduced freedom for children argue that mistakes can lead to a pattern of misbehavior. This argument is often advanced by over-protective parents who believe human nature naturally trends toward anti-social activity. For example, a child who is mean to classmates and performs poorly in academics and athletics will only continue this behavior if enabled by understanding adults. To counter the child’s wayward impulses, parents should instead either punish or reward in order to motivate more socially acceptable behavior. The theory is that children will then recognize the boundaries set by parents and society and later fit into the adult world as well-functioning members. egardless, a sense of autonomy is crucial to mature development. Children who are shielded from making mistakes often lack the skills that encourage healthy growth. The majority of learning, for instance, is achieved through mistakes. A child who is learning a sport makes mistake after mistake but does it with a positive attitude and eventually improves. Later in life, the attitude may become more negative but the process remains the same for all disciplines, private and public. Parents and other adults must therefore seek to impart unconditional support and ensure children do not develop self-esteem problems based on their mistakes. This approach of fostering a cheerful self-sufficiency will serve them best throughout life.
In conclusion, although some adults may feel that are preventing children from making mistakes for the public good, they are in fact doing great harm to their child’s mental well-being. If larger segments of society accept this perspective, it will benefit all of society. 
 Some
 are of the opinion that  
children
 should be  
allowed
 to  
make
  mistakes
, while others feel that  
adults
 should take a preventative approach. In my opinion, there are limits  
but
 it is nonetheless essential for healthy development to permit  
children
 their errors.
Proponents of  
reduced
 freedom for  
children
 argue that  
mistakes
 can lead to a pattern of misbehavior. This argument is  
often
 advanced by over-protective  
parents
  who
 believe human nature  
naturally
 trends toward anti-social activity.  
For example
, a  
child
  who
 is mean to classmates and performs  
poorly
 in academics and athletics will  
only
 continue this behavior if enabled by understanding  
adults
. To counter the  
child’s
 wayward impulses,  
parents
 should  
instead
 either punish or reward in order to motivate more  
socially
 acceptable behavior. The theory is that  
children
 will then recognize the boundaries set by  
parents
 and society and later fit into the adult world  
as well
-functioning members.  
egardless
, a sense of autonomy is crucial to mature development.  
Children
  who
  are shielded
 from making  
mistakes
  often
 lack the  
skills
 that encourage healthy growth. The majority of learning,  
for instance
,  
is achieved
 through  
mistakes
. A  
child
  who
 is learning a sport  
makes
  mistake
 after  
mistake
  but
 does it with a  
positive
 attitude and  
eventually
  improves
. Later in life, the attitude may become more  
negative
  but
 the process remains the same for all disciplines, private and public.  
Parents
 and other  
adults
  must
  therefore
 seek to impart unconditional support and ensure  
children
 do not develop self-esteem problems based on their  
mistakes
. This approach of fostering a cheerful self-sufficiency will serve them best throughout life. 
In conclusion
, although  
some
  adults
 may feel that are preventing  
children
 from making  
mistakes
 for the public  
good
, they are in fact doing great harm to their  
child’s
 mental well-being. If larger segments of society accept this perspective, it will benefit  
all of society
.