Do you think parents are the best teachers?
By pastoral
@pastoral (18)
China
May 18, 2007 8:50pm CST
Throughout my life ,i have been lucky enough to have a very relationship with my parents.They have supported ma,given me neccessary criticism,and taught ma a great deal about how to live my life.Parents can ba very important teachers in our lives,however,they are not always the best teachers in my opinion.Parents may be close too close to their children emotionally.Sometimes they can only see their children though the eyes of a protector.For example,they may limit a child's freedom in the name of safety.A teacher might see a trip to a big city as a valuable new experience.However,it maght seem too dangerous to a parents.
Another problem is that parents may expect their children's interests to be similar to their own.They can't seem to separate from their children in their mind.If they love science,they may try to force their child to love science too.But what if their child's true love is art,or writing,or car repair? Parents are usually eager to pass on their value to their children,But should children always believe what their parents do?
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@rusty2rusty (6751)
• Defiance, Ohio
12 Jun 07
I think it really depends on what the child needs to be taught on who turns out to be the best teacher. Some people just suck at being parents period. So they would not make great teachers. BUt as long as they have someone like a mentor they can go to with their problems. They can be taught manners and other such things a parent is suppose to teach them. A parent can only teach what a parent knows. Beyond that the child needs to seek other people who can help teach them thing sthey need to know in order to survive life.
@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
23 May 07
In many cases, i do believe that parents are the best teachers for our children and it is much safer to learn from them now then going to school where there are threats everyday. But in some cases, the parents are not the best teachers as there are some really and awful parents out there who harm their children physically and verbally. Not all parents are good teachers. I think the parents can get through to our kids better than regular teachers since they see their children everyday and know their habits and everything.
@lalav1 (1052)
• United States
22 May 07
I wish. Our country, our world would be in much better shape if all parents were our best teachers and role models. Unfortunately and sadly this is not true for many families. It's really too bad. I think we should all have to take classes in how to live on your own, relationships and marraige classes and classes on childcare.
@shak143 (1280)
• India
19 May 07
Of course parents are the best teachers and they are the primary teachers to.As we spend more time with them and we observe them and our mind will tries what he seen.And a good relationship with parents can solve most o four problems as we feel freee to contact them and can discuss abot our works.
