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It is often mistaken that parents are the best teachers for
their children. The underlying reason is that since parents gave birth to their
kids, they know best about their children and thus they should be best qualified
to teach them. However, I disagree with the idea that parents are the best
teachers. Rather, I believe that parents cannot be the ideal teachers for two
reasons: parents are more likely to favor their children than anyone else when
objective feedback is needed for children’s growth and; parents are not always
best qualified to teach their children academic subjects.
First of all, it is not exaggeration that parents are not in
the position to objectively evaluate their children, and thus it makes them not
ideal to teach them. In some cases, parents blindly favor their children even
when they make huge mistakes or they do not follow regimen to do things better.
For example, when parents teach their children how to cook, they may merely
praise the foods that their children made regardless of taste and may not give
candid feedbacks to their lovely children, which is necessary for their children
to learn cook. The lack of objectivity of parents thus makes parents not ideal
to teach their children.
In addition, it
should be noted that parents are not always best qualified to teach their
children. Sometimes, they are not simply professional enough to teach their children.
For instance, although parents are qualified in law, passing a bar exam, they
may not be able to teach their children mathematics properly. Some parents may
be able to teach their kids elementary arithmetic summation and multiplication.
But, once children attend secondary schools, it is remotely possible that
parents could teach their children mathematical concepts with proficiency.
Therefore, parents are not the best teachers.
Admittedly, it could be argued that parents are the best
teachers of life lessons. It seems to hold some true. Parents are well aware of
their children’s characters, traits, and life experiences, etc. which gives
them rich foundation to teach their kids life lessons. They certainly could
give excellent advice on how to choose a major in college fitting to their
children, for instance, sharing their professional life experiences.
Nevertheless, as there is a generational gap between parents and children, parents
may not be the best teachers to let their children know the best strategies to
navigate in life.
To conclude, although it might be true that parents can
teach many valuable things in life to their children, they are not the best
teachers. This is because parents are often biased toward their lovely kids,
endangering objectivity in evaluation or feedback, and they are not always best
qualified to teach children academic subjects. |