Do you agree or disagree? Parents or other adult relatives should make important decisions for their older teeage children. |
Most people would agree that parents are the best teacher for their children. However, there should be some boundaries. They should not make important decisions for their older teenage children. Of course, they are able to give some advices for them, however, the ultimate decisions should be made by their children themselves. If not, they would be likely to avoid making important decisions on their own. More importantly, some mistakes in their decisions could make them harder for their future. To begin with, teenage children cannot learn about the importance of making decisions if they do not have any chance to decide something important on their own. Those children definitely become more dependent on their parents as they grow up. For instance, there was my friend who decides all the things according to their parents’ instructions. He did not any hesitation in deciding important things, such as what university should I go, with the help of his parents. Thus, I was always jealous of him about his easy decision making. However, it turned out that it served as a poison for him after several years because he became completely useless without his parents. In addition, sometimes teenage children could make some mistaken decisions. However, even those have a positive influence for them. They could learn a sense of responsibility in the course of making a mistake and fixing it. To illustrate this point, I made a wrong decision several years ago. I knew that was wrong, and my parents and my friends also disagreed with my decision. However, I stuck to that decision and did not even think that I should change my thought. As a result of that wrong decision, my overall GPA got lowered seriously. However, I was able to get a chance to learn about the importance of decision making, and I became to study harder than ever before. To sum up, although teenage children are not enough mature to decide something correctly all the time, they should make important decisions on their own. Mistakes are also a part of their lives, and they have to learn about their responsibilities. As an old saying goes, 'there is no pain, there is no gain.' |