I disagree with the following statement. We cannot be sure whether parents are the best teachers or not. There are various types of parents. Some of them even abuse or spoil their children in many ways. If we say “Parents are the best teachers.” how can we deal with those poor children? We should remember that parents could make mistakes when they’re raising their children. It means that there can be a chance for children to mimic their parents’ wrong habits. For example, children who have been raised under the violent parents could copy what their parents did when they’re grown up.
There is another reason why parents can’t be the best teachers for their children. Parents tend to think that their children are the best in the world. Because of this, sometimes they overestimate or are too generous to their children. Those actions can spoil their sweeties, since children can’t be evaluated their status impartially. After growing up, they should be members of their society. It implies that they have to compete with others. In this situation, what would be happened if they’ve just listened what their parents said and simply think about themselves as if they are better than other people? They might fail in the competition. For this reason, children need other people who can estimate them correctly, as well as their parents.
Sometimes, communication between parents and their children is often problematic due to the generation gap. It refers that parents and children can have different ideas toward the same problem. However, parents always have much power than that of their children. So they can easily impose their particular ways of thinking to their children. And this all-mighty power that parents have often be obsessed. It means children can lose their originality or a sense of self-independence because of their parents. Can we say it is appropriate because parents are always true and they are the best teachers at all? If we can say yes, what could they do after their parents die? How can they adapt new situations without their parents?
In order to avoid this, it seems to be better if they find others as role models for themselves, not their parents. We should give children a chance to choose their own ways, as well as their teachers of life. A true teacher for one's life is, indeed, just oneself, not others. If you really love yourself and your parents, you have better try to find your own voice of conscience, as your best teacher.
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