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Some say that studying and playing are the most imortant priorities for children. However, in my opinion, they should help their family by doing household chores. This is not only because these things help them to learn about the sense of reponsibility that they should have as a member of the family, but also because they can understand their parents’ real effort.
To begin with, they can build up their sense of responsibility by sharing their parents’ burdensome house works. To be specific, the best way to improve this sense is to help household chores and take care of their brothers each other. By improving the sense of responsibility, they can contribute to not only their family but also communities they should take part in. A recent research released by the Ministry of Education in Korea investgated the relationship between the role of parents and the sense of responsibility of children. The research shows that parents who ask their children to help house works make them get a good sense of responsibility. Besides, the more sense of responsibility they have, the better recognized they are as a member of communities.
Moreover, they can more understand their parents by doing ardous house works together. They can realize how hard a variety of householding chores are, and spend large amount of time with their parents doing things such as washing dishes, cleaning their rooms, and cutting the grass. It can be a useful time for them to make a good relationship with their parents. For example, when I was a middle school student, I often helped my parents take care of a large number of trees in our farm. It was really hard for me to look after trees becase there were a variety of works to do such as cutting useless branches, fertilizing a field, and pulling weeds. When I look back at that time, I really appreciate the value of my parents even though the work was burdensome.
To sum up, helping their family with householding chores allows children to get a better sense of responsibility which make them to be recognized by others as well as they can understand their parents more deeply by sharing their housework. In this regard, I disagree with the statement that children should spend their time only studying and playing.
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