Persuasive Essay On Independence Pros And Cons

For those of us that are parents, we know that raising a child to adulthood is not an easy task but one which we do lovingly (hopefully) and responsibly. I’ll go out on a limb to say here that everyone agrees that the teenage years are the most challenging. The general consensus is that teenagers are unruly, aggressive, careless, spoiled and dependent on technology. On the other hand, I believe along with a small group of other parents that teenagers are also brilliant and in the process of becoming and reaching their potential and that they deserve much more respect than what they are given.

In “ The Case for Free-Range Parenting,” an article in The New York Times, Clemens Wergin discusses should children go out without parents or older people supervision. Wergin said parents don’t need to be with their children when they go out, and he thinks it can help child easier to fit in a new community. However, that is illegal in U.S, and most American children spent their free time at home. Today children have no freedom in their childhood because most parents are taking their children with them everywhere they go, but it is even danger then let their children roam freely. Also, give more freedom to children they will easier to control their anger and fear than the kids that have no freedom. At the end, Wergin thinks child desire freedom because they will have more confidence and know how to face risks.

It is beneficial for people in high authority to have high expectations for teens because the teens will want to achieve those expectations and it will make them more stable and emotionally ready for adult life. In the article “Tiger Moms: Is Tough Parenting Really The Answer?” Hara Estroff Marano who is the author of A Nation Of Wimps and the editor-at-large of Psychology Today magazine speaks about the benefits of raising children with strict parenting. Marano states, “ Children who have never had to test their abilities, says Marano, form into “emotionally brittle” young adults who are more vulnerable to anxiety and depression.” (Paul 4). This quote shows that high expectations is beneficial because kids who grew up with lower expectations

As one of the outcomes of controlling parents towards children it may have an impact on thought patterns. Having strict parents may have negative impacts on the youth; major effects of controlling parents on the youth will result in having personality changes such as timidness and dependency of their guardian on everything.

The hypervigilance of parents where they dictate everything that their child does actually does damage to the child because it stunts the development of internal motivation in these students (Margolies, 2016). If my parents had told me what clubs to be in, what sports to do, what classes to take, and what homework to do at what time then I never would have developed the motivation to choose for myself. It would have actually made me less capable of choosing things for myself, thus causing more stress in my life as more responsibility would fall on me as my schooling continues. The other dangerous way that this forced culture of perfectionism damages these youths is when they seem to be the perfect student, excelling in their studies in high school, and then without this constant support they crash in college and can quickly spiral out of control, not knowing how to handle this new stress as they no longer have the hypervigilance or the praise of their parents to keep them going. Helicopter parents think that by controlling these aspects of their child’s life will benefit them and create the best possible outcome for them. This is very obviously false as it is creating the situation of a severely underdeveloped child.

Socially, teens are meant to be understanding and control, however it is human nature for, feelings of freedom emerges when rebellious thoughts are taught to be

Furthermore, adolescence at this age tend to pull away from their parents and cleave to their peers. This fills there need for feeling more important. A healthy relationship with parents including nonjudgmental words/acts allows the adolescent the freedom to explore their ideas and options, however, if this is not the case the adolescent will revert and will develop into a less confident individual.

Parenting adolescents has never been easy. It may seem harder in this age of too-much-information-and-everything-else age that we live in today, however, the basic principles remain the same. It’s a balancing act of allowing more freedom while having limits that will help them in becoming their own persons.

Autonomy is never gained or increased by someone alone, but with the help of others around them. As a high schooler's point of view, the level of autonomy for a 15 year old should be a 7. Teenagers do not have full potential to live completely alone without the help of others,

negative things about it, it’s not always the easiest thing to do. There are even well-off adults

Children dont like when they don’t have someone to talk to if they are bothered, and when they don’t have their parents to talk to, it will show when they act or cause trouble. A debater from debate.org stated “parents raised their child, teaching them right from wrong, so they are morally responsible” (debate.org). What this shows, is that even if when kids do know what the right thing to do is, teaching them right from wrong isn’t powerful enough; therefore, more needs to be done if parents want their children to act right. If parents keep a clean background, and make the right the decisions around their child, show them love and attention, and have a more positive influence on them, the child wont commit and anything wrong, and the reason why this is true, is because kids won’t have a reason to do anything wrong if the parents are consistently doing the right

I recently heard a quotation from a pediatrician who was stating: “It is ten times more difficult being a child than an adult, due to the many possibilities and choices you ought to be making”. Now, my own thesis on this is, when you are a teenager, you can multiply the diffuculty by a factor of fifty. A lot of young people find it very strenous taking the last step towards adulthood and their own independence. Especially when you have parents that, unconsciously or not, do not allow you to do so.

There has always been an unofficial borderline between what is right and what is wrong in our society, especially when concerning the rights of the average American citizen, are there things that conflict with the amendments or not? What do we truly have a right to in our country as of today? There is known to be mass surveillance happening today and we don’t have a say in rather it’s right or wrong or rather if we want it to continue, there are, of course, downsides and positives to such a thing like mass surveillance, for example, it’s easy to track down stolen vehicles if the situation ever arises. This mass surveillance occurs within big private corporations who don’t exactly have any set parameters for where they exactly tread too close to the privacy of other people, which is where the problem lies. Individuals sometimes don’t wish to be under surveillance due to past issues that have occurred, such as someone in the Witness Protection Program, it is obvious that some people have to be exempt from this mass surveillance. The two arguments presented are the collection of license plate numbers and mass surveillance harbored by private corporations who operate on a daily basis. One argues that collecting license plate numbers is simply a collection of public information, while the other states that these private corporations have no right to track the average citizen. So, where’s the line drawn, do they or do they not have a right to collecting this data about license

Young adults today have become more outspoken with their attitudes and behavior today. Individuals are quick to judge these children and call them out of control when they are just acting out on the beliefs that they were taught while in their home. Their values and beliefs come from what their guardians believe to be right. Therefore you cannot blame a child for they way they act when they learn these interaction from being around their loved ones. Depending on the household parenting in America can be defined many ways. Considering that the youth of today’s generation will be the ones to who will take over the world, we need to make sure that the parents are giving them some sort of real life expectations of the world they live in.

Young adults feel as if us as parents don’t understand the pressure they endure in today society. They feel as if we are trying to control their life when we advise them of choices they should or shouldn’t make. Parents is there as a tool to keep them from making unnecessary mistakes that may ultimately ruin their life. Dion my son had to learn the hard way. When a parent tells you something you should listen it may be for your own good.