Should parents oversee their children?

張貼日期：Nov 10, 2017 5:21:21 AM

Avery

Parent caring has been an issue for a long time. The trouble shifts over time. Currently, parents overprotect their children for the most part such as peeking their diaries in order to know whether they do something wrong. In my opinion, parents should not overly oversee their children. Instead, valuing privacy, communicating with children and showing respect for them are the applicable ways to establish a good relationship.

Today, the technology exists for parents to monitor their children in all sorts of ways but that does not mean that they should. Undoubtedly, children should enjoy basic human rights as well. And I think privacy is every human's right. Of course, every parent wants to know if his or her child is getting into anything bad such as talking with their friends about illegal drugs, drinking or planning to sneak out after curfew. Nevertheless, the truth is, no matter how intently parents watch their children’s online activities, they will find ways around it.

The way to deal with this problem is not to block children's access to social networks or instant messengers or spy on them. The best way to protect children is to talk to them and warn them against the dangers of people who are not who they say they are online. Children are smarter than you give them credit for, and educating them rather than monitoring them shows that you respect and trust them.

Instead of creating harsh rules and regulations, trying to establish a genuine relationship with children by educating them about the dangers is a better way to establish a solid relationship. A relationship of mutual trust between parents and children is the singly real affair that parents can do to protect children from dangers.

Parents make great sacrifices for the care of their children. Day after day, parents protect their children from danger and make sure their children are fine after a bad dream. Nevertheless, communicating with children, respecting them and valuing their human rights rather than overseeing them too closely are better ways to establish a healthy relationship.