I think that parents are the best teachers. However, some people may insist that other people such as teacher or friends could be a best teacher. It is because contemporary society demands that men should have complex relationships for surviving. Naturally, in intricate society, most people have a lot of relationships. Thus, various people could be a best teacher in the complex context of relationship. However, I do not agree theses statements because parents provide children with generous supporting and could become the first role model.
First of all, parents are the best supporter of their children. Parents could understand about what their children want because parents have a lot of time with their children. Naturally they could know their pros and cons in personality. It means that parents give advice for developing their identity. For instance, a mother of Thomas Edison gives self-confidence to him even though school believes that Edison is short of learning ability compared with other classmates. The mother tries to support his enthusiasm toward science and gave a lot of advice to develop her son`s inventiveness and pros. Thomas Edison is one of influential inventors thanks to his mother`s support. We could certify that parents are the best supporter of their children based on the Edison`s case.
In addition, parents become children`s role model. Children learn social role through their father and mother for the first time and build a identity by simulating their parent`s acts. In social psychology, from infant age to school age is the most important age to form their identity and learning ability. During that period, children have a ideal model based on the parent`s acts. Thus, if parents could act exemplary, their children would build appropriate identity. In fact, when I was young, I could learn by seeing my father`s act that pedestrians had to wait until change of traffic lights. It means that children build a role model by observing their parent`s acts. Thus, Parents could be best teachers.
In conclusion, parents are best teacher even though other people could become a teacher. The parents are the best supporter to develop not only mental dimension but material dimension. Also parents could become the best role model by providing standards of social acts. |