People usually have divided views on whether family members have the great impacts on children or other environments influence them the most. Although both views are worth exploring, I firmly believe that family has the most important role for children’s development.
On the one hand, there is an argument that family has the most powerful effect on children since family is the first group that children can learn basic communication skills. To be specific, while children are being raised in family, they can be taught how to behave with others and fundamental academic skills to develop their knowledge. For example, many educational experts acclaim that academic achievements reported higher in children who received domestic education in family than the one who could not because they learned how to read and speak from their family members before entering school.
On the other hand, it is undeniable that the role of peer group surrounding children. After entering school, children spend most of their time with their friends, resulting in declining impacts from family. Children are easily get motivated by them since they tend to follow friends’ behaviour and want to be a member of the group. Furthermore, by interacting with various groups over family, children may have a chance to broaden their perspectives, which is necessary to live in society.
To sum up, both family and other surrounding environments play a vital role for children’s development. However, I think that because family members teach basic skills which are essential for communicating with others and studying, they are more important than other environments.