Do you agree or disagree with
the following statement? Parents or other adult relatives should make important
decisions for their (15 to 18 year-old) teenage children. Use specific reasons
and examples to support your opinion.
Parents are in most
cases our first teachers and friends. From my everyday experience I have to
agree with the statement that important decisions should be made by our parents
or adult relatives. In the following paragraphs I will give my reasons to support
this statement.
First of all, teenage
children have the tendency to live in their own fantasies. They does not
clearly understand the rules of a real life. When I was 18 years old I thought
that the world was perfect and everything seemed to be simple. Teenagers are
basically inexperienced, they aspire for independence and try to make their
first steps towards freedom. I think
that it is like starting to walk when a baby needs its parents for support. An
independent life is a big and significant part in a person's life. So, my point
is that it is very important to make this step right.
Second of all, I
think that parents have right to interfere in their children's lives. They need
to know what kind of friends their children have and how children spend their
spare time. For example I had an eighteen years old friend who got really angry
with his parents when they prohibited him to be friends with a young man.
Somehow his parents found out that that young man was occasionally taking
drugs. That man was dead in a year because of drug abuse. After that accident
my friend thanked his parents for that interference.
Finally, I think
teenage children should be more open-minded with their parents. It will help
them to make the right choice and avoid many mistakes.
To sum up, I believe
that young people should trust their parents because they wish their children
only the best.
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