Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Children should be required to help with household tasks as soon as they are able to do so.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
The statement, ‘Children should be required to help with household tasks as soon as they are able to do so’, is flawed because both parents and children benefit from sharing chores equally. A child’s early involvement in family chores reinforces the idea of sharing and responsibility. While a child may at first resist doing chores, the child’s eagerness and eagerness to please parents often result in the child performing chores without complaint. However, a child’s growing independence may lead him to resent his parents for forcing him to do household chores. While both parents and children benefit from this arrangement, the children are the ones being coerced and resent it.
The premise of this statement is that children should be involved in household chores as soon as they can perform them. While this is true, there is a danger in doing so. Children do not have the emotional maturity to understand that they are simply doing what adults require of them. Additionally, parents often expect too much from children, and as children grow older, they may even begin to resent their parents for forcing them to do things that they do not want to do. Children need freedom to do what makes them happy. If a child is forced into chores, it may cause resentment and anger towards one or both parents. The effects of such resentment may last well into adulthood. Children who look forward to doing chores may resent their parents for making them work, while children who have been forced into household chores may resent their parents for taking away their independence. Besides resentment, a child who feels coerced into chores may perform them poorly, for fear of being scolded by a parent or losing the privileges of being a child. A child who is resentful may take it out on other children in the home, and may eventually rebel against his parents, as resentment is an emotion that rarely subsides on its own. Furthermore, if a child is forced into household chores, he may develop a negative association with chores in general, which may make the child less likely to want to do them in the future.
Sometimes, children do what they are told without complaint. When a child does what he is asked to do, he may believe that he is being rewarded in some way. However, if a child is continually forced to perform tasks, he may begin to resent his parents. Parents should not force their children to do chores, or they may grow resentful and angry. Children should be allowed to do what they enjoy doing. They will eventually come to understand that chores are part of everyday life, and that if they are unwilling to do them, they will be punished. When a child is resentful towards his parents, it puts a strain on a relationship that is already fraught with challenges. Children, especially teenagers, have short attention spans and are easily bored. Forcing them to participate in household chores may lead them to develop an aversion to doing them in the future.
This point can be supported by the fact that many adults have fond memories of doing chores with their mothers or fathers. As children grow older, they often have jobs such as mowing lawns, washing cars, or shoveling snow. These jobs are not unpleasant, but they are time-consuming. If a child is too young or too immature to do such tasks, he may become resentful. While a child becomes older and more mature, he is likely to appreciate his parents’ efforts, and the bond of trust between the child and parent may strengthen as a result.
If a child is forced by his parents into doing chores that are unpleasant, he may resent them. If children are treated differently from their parents, they may begin to resent their parents for taking away their independence. If a child’s parents expect him to clean his room, he may resent them, because he feels that his room is his to do with as he pleases. If a child has a job, he may resent his parents for forcing him to do his chores after work. This resentment may lead him to rebel against his parents, and his parents may have to reprimand him, causing resentment on both sides. If children are allowed the freedom to choose whether or not to do chores, they may do chores willingly, which will benefit both parents and children. While parents may disagree with a child’s choice of chores, they may understand that the child wants to do them. If parents allow children to make their own decisions, they may be more likely to accept a responsibility or job when the child is ready.
Children should not be required to help with household tasks as soon as they are able to do so. Children do not have the emotional maturity to understand that they are simply doing what adults require of them. Furthermore, parents often expect too much from children, and as children grow older, they may even begin to resent their parents for forcing them to do things that they do not want to do. Children need freedom to do what makes them happy. A child that is forced into household chores may resent his parents for taking away his independence, and his parents may also become resentful, as they will have to cope with a child whose behavior has changed dramatically. A resentful child may rebel and cause problems for his parents, and a child who is resentful may treat other children in the home poorly. Allowing a child to do what he wants to do will encourage him to be a responsible, productive member of society.