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Chivalry Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

An essay regarding parenting issues

I was asked to write an essay about my opinion about how to be a good parent, and I could really use some help to see if there's any apparent problem in the essay, thank you for your help in advance.

The guide to good parenting is rather simple to explain in my opinion, there's no complex philosophy, no profound or sophisticated theory of how to become a good parent. The secrets are pretty much commonly said: love and consideration, but it isn't easy to accomplish the goal of raising children right by doing so, and I will underscore the latter, sincere consideration based on love.

Some parents, for example, claim that they love their children so much that they pistol whip their children to strive as hard as possible toward their expectations despite wether or not the directions lead to the proper paths for the children who are still in their tender years and unclear of what they want to do for the rest of their entire lives. Those parents pin their own hopes and dreams on their children, hoping that their next generations can become exactly what they wish themselves had been, some push really hard that the whole process of "nurturing the young children" spoiled up the childrens' childhood entirely, which must mean that their parents really love them so deeply to make such intensive efforts on pressuring them to "succeed", according to the other parents who do the same with no regrets. Is it really love? Yes, indeed, if you ask me, but sometimes it just does nothing else than destroying the childrens' real potential, along with their could-have-been-much-happier childhood. And here comes the question, what have those parents done wrong? Why such efforts only led to total resentment between the parents and their children and lots of regrets? The answer is quiet simple, lack of consideration. A love without consideration is relatively simple to exemplify than the love that is, the love without consideration only needs to be accompanied by the cliche "I meant well for you", without having to think twice about wether or not the person who's receiving the love will enjoy the outcome of such undeniable loving gestures. For example, lots of children are actually born with a gift in art or some other profession than academic subjects, and yet their parents pushed them to become lawyers or doctors instead and never listened to what they wanted, at the end of the day, all they will get is a not-so-excellent college graduate with a popular major but no career potential that will last for a life time. Others might have over-pushed their children to some extent where the youngsters start to resent studying before they can actually even get into first grade. Still some others try hard to find out exactly what their children are good at at a very early stage of the childrens' childhood such that they exhaust every possible mean to bring the "best" out of the child before he or she's even capable of recognizing letters, and the young chid eventually became a crafty handyperson or instrument player or a person with a very skill-taking job dogged by a nightmare-like, life-long resenment of letting the chance of becoming a learned, venerable scholar slipping away and a rotten relationship between the person and his or her family. And the worst thing in all the aforesaid adversity is, both the children and the parents will probably never be able to rid themselves of such an agony. What those parents were concerned about is that their children might become downright nobodies and lead a lazy-driven life with absolutely zero achievement, so they are doing whatever it takes to bring out the childrens' "extraordinary" abilities as early as possible and employ all possible means to make their children stick to whatever that is "best" for them(the "them" right here might possibly refer to the parents, not the children) despite the whole process might already have made their beloved ones lose more than they will actually gain, they have totally forgotten that only positive motivations drive the initiative for success out of a person, not rebuke or reproach, let alone extreme methods of hard pressing that sometimes drive a normal human being mentally-distorted.

Too many cases of "love" recipients becoming actual victims of their parents' expectations have clarified so much about the forever-undergoing issue about parenting, lots might say different people need different types of parenting,

but from my point of view, I will say that no matter the child's a studier, an artist, or even a weirdo that might not be good at anything but playing puzzles, be there to love him or her to provide the support and love they want, not what you want.
  

Top answer

Hi, Your essay requires structure. It consists mainly of one huge paragraph. You need to organize it as follows.

  • Hi, Your essay requires structure.
  • It consists mainly of one huge paragraph.
  • You need to organize it as follows.
  • An introduction paragraph .
  • This introduces the topic, clearly states your overall position, and mentions briefly the main points that the rest of the essay will discuss.
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Hi,

Your essay requires structure. It consists mainly of one huge paragraph. You need to organize it as follows.

An introduction paragraph. This introduces the topic, clearly states your overall position, and mentions briefly the main points that the rest of the essay will
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CliveHi, Your essay requires structure. It consists mainly of one huge paragraph. You need to organize it as follows. An introduction paragraph. This introduces the topic, clearly states your overall position, and mentions briefly the main points that the rest of the essay will discuss. A paragraph for each of your main points. eg 3 main points, 3 paragraphsEach paragraph
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Hi,

I see one tiny introduction paragraph, then one huge paragraph, and then one tiny concluding paragraph. Is that right?

A blank line or an indentation is customary at a paragraph start.

Clive

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