▶ Your Answer :
Some people think that parents should set
rigid rules to ensure their children’s success. However, in my opinion, strict
rules are not mandatory for children’s success. I rather think that
non-flexible rules could hinder the success of the children.
To
commence with, strict rules could disturb children’s creativity. Innovative
ideas could only be developed by having diverse experience. However, if rules
are set, children cannot have experience outside the rules and this will limit
their world. For instance, children who are not allowed to hang out on the
weekends could lose their chance of going to an art museum to develop artistic
mind. Even
if the children do not go to an art field in their later life, this kind of
experience could help them make better looking power point and present their
ideas in a more appealing way.
In addition, strict rules might hinder
children from learning how to make their own decision. If the rules are too
strict, what to do and what not to do are all pre-decided for the children. Therefore,
if children simply obey their parent’s rules, they might not be able to
practice how to make their own decision. Actually, these kinds of problems are
common in Korea. Korean parents are so obsessed with their children’s success (i.e.
getting into high-ranked universities) that they make their children to go to
private after school and study all day long. This could be helpful for their
children to get in to good universities. However, when they enter universities
and when they have to make their own choices of what to learn and what to do
after school, they get lost and they often get psychological problems. Indeed,
a national research done by Ewha Womans University mental health care center
states that children whose parents forced them strict rules in their primary,
and secondary school years often suffer from depression due to lack of decision
skills and they tend to have lower GPAs.
To
sum up, strict rules are not required for one to grow up to become a successful
person. Strict rules could rather push children away from success by hindering
creativity and ability to make one’s own decision.
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