I do not agree with that all parents are better than professional teachers even though parents are the first teachers in our lives because there are many bad examples of parenting in reality and parents tend to be subjective and hard to provide varied views in the world.
First of all, there are the bad parents in the world and parents can also be a bad example for their kids. According to the research of SEM, It is difficult for children who have abusive parents to lead a normal childhood and is possible that they may become similar to their abusive parents when they grow up. In this sense, the parents' negative role in shaping the children's personality cannot be emphasized more.
Besides, parents tend to be subjective and to carve only one aspect of the world unconsciously, which limits the idea of children. Parents are just human being who live in certain society, and which means that they have specific preference on things including social and political issues. From my own experience, my parents have deep rooted regionalism. Whenever the election season rolls around, they become irrational because of their prejudice that they learned since their childhood. I did not realize judging person only based on region is irrational thing until I enter the university and meet the people from that region. Even though I truly respect my parents, it is clear that they could not provide well-balanced information.
In summary, parents could be the best teachers, however, just being parents does not guarantee they are the best teachers. That is because children need a professional teacher who gives panoramic views of the world and some parents are not ready to be good model to their children. |