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People have a diversity of opinions whether
or not children are required to obey the strict parental and teacher guidance
during early years of childhood development. In this regard, some people assert
that it is necessary for children to follow rules and guidelines set by parents
and teachers. However, I believe that such behavior hinder children’s growth
and development as it discourage critical thinking and evaluative skills.
On the one hand, children often make wrong
decisions without guidelines for them. Unlike adults who fully established
their perspective, children are susceptible to the influence of celebrities. Therefore,
children are likely to imitate what they do even though they do not recognize
exactly what they are doing and what will occur as a result of their behavior. According
to the research conducted by Korean child foundation, the higher juvenile
delinquency rate witnessed for children who are relatively not under strict
domestic breeding, while those being under many instruction made by their
parents are unlikely to go off the track. Given above, unless parent and
teacher instruct their children with rigid guidance, they tend to deviate from
standards.
On the other hand, there are many
detrimental effects with regard to this educational way. If parents and
teachers force their children to follow rules made by them, the mental progress
will be hampered. A numerous studies conducted on children’s capability of
critical thinking and evaluative skills illustrate that children who are forced
to comply with parent’s orders are more lack of critical thinking and
evaluative skills than those being allowed to do something spontaneously. Furthermore,
those children’s personalities are becoming passive as well. As can be seen, it
is evident that children’s mental growth and personalities deteriorate due to
rigid education by parents and teachers.
To sum up, without parental and teachers
guidance, children might go off track and lead to many juvenile delinquency
since they are vulnerable to influence of other people. Whereas, forcing
children to obey all rules set by adults have a demoralizing influence on
children’s mental development and personalities. From my perspective, the harm
of these educational methods outweighs the good. This is because children
rebellion can be prevented by giving more attention to children, however once
children’s personalities and mental capacities are established, it is hard to transform.
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