Parents are the people who understand me the most in this world. They know all of my good points and bad points, and they know how to raise me effectively. However, it doesn't mean that parents are the best teachers. Having teacher-student relationship with parents is not always desirable, due to parents' not enough qualification, improper attitudes of parents and students.
To begin wth, not all parents are fully qualified as teachers. It's almost impossible fo normal parents to have through knowldege in every field. Most parents would have certain fields that they are good at, and we can't expect them to teach their children something they are not familiar with. Also, teaching skills of parents should be considered as well. The amount of knowledge and the quality of teaching skills are not always equal. For instance, even though my father majored in chemistry, I can't understand his explanation about the subject at all, since he doesn't have any teaching skills.
Moreover, parents may have improper attitudes while teaching their children. Since children and prents are tied to each other so emotionally, parents may react too seriously ore emotionally to their children. Parents would be really frustrated when their children are not as smart as they expected. Besides, parents may misjudge children's abilities. Many parents think their children are geniuses. However, in most cases, those thoughts turned out to be parents' misunderstanding.
Finally, there can be some problems in children's behaviors if they learn from their parents. Since they are too close to their parents, they may not take their parents' words seriously. Furthurmore, children may tend to rely on their parents too much. Unlike teachers from school or academies, most parents are especially generous to their children, and they may tend to help children too much. As a result, children would grow up as people who are not able to stand by themselves.
In conclusion, parents teaching their own children may result in undesirable situation, because not all parents have abilities to teach their children, and parents and children are too close to each other. Nontheless, it would be always true that parents are the most special people, and means everything to their children. |