▶ Your Answer :When I was young, I used to ask my parents to
help them on parent’s days. I would ask them if I could help with some chores
such as washing the dishes or cleaning the rooms. Then, my parents would laugh
and answer, “No, sweat heart. Thank you for asking, but go to your room and
study or play outside with your friends. That’s how you help us.” However, come
to think of it, would that be good for a child? Therefore, I disagree with the
notion that children should spend most of their time studying and playing
rather than helping their family with housefold chores for two reasons.
First, children can learn the idea of responsibilty by doing chores.
When children are young, they tend to lean on their parents. However, when they
grow up and have their jobs, there is no one to take their responsibilities
instead. They will face hardship on their jobs. However, if a child have been
doing chores in their childhood, he or she would know the idea of
responsibility. He or she would be aware of that it is important to assume the
responsibility for what they did. He or she will face the hardship directly and
will try to solve the problem actively. Thus, the children will be successful
at his or her job, have good character and will be trustful to others.
Second, children can feel strong family bonds by doing households. They
can feel how hard their parents suffer and sacrifice time to do housefolds.
They will understand their parents better and will feel more thankful to their
parents. Also, children can have their time with their family and develop good
relationship while helping each other during the chores. For example, I did the
dishes when my mother was sick. Before doing the dishes, I thought that it was
a piece of cake. However, in reality, it was hard. My hands were freezing cold
and I kept sliping the dishes. Also, it took about 40 minutes to finish the
dishes. After that, I realized how hard it is to be a mother and felt thankful
for doing all these chores.
In
conclusion, I think that children should spend most of their time helping their
family with households. Children can learn the concept of responsiblity by
doing housholds. Also, as I have learned from the abovementioned experience,
children can feel strong family relationship by doing the chores. |