In some countries children have very strict rules of behavior, in other countries they are allowed to do almost anything they like. To what extent should children have to follow rules?

The extent to which children have to follow rules is in itself a very complex issue, since children across the world grow up in very different cultures. In

India

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India, for

for example

, children are expected to be very submissive to their parents as well as other adults around them.

This

,

however

, is not the case with the Western countries of the world where children follow the motto ‘Thou

shalt

expresses an emotional, practical, or other reason for doing something

should

do what thou wilt’ as promoted by celebrities and rock stars. I believe that following strict rules

has

Suggestion

have

both advantages as well as serious drawbacks as discussed below.

Firstly

, strict rules of

behavior

manner of acting or controlling yourself

behaviour

create responsible and respectful children who in turn mature into respectful adults.

This

forms a stable society which is virtually free from negative trends

such

as prostitution and drug abuse.

Secondly

, if children do not follow strict rules of

behavior

manner of acting or controlling yourself

behaviour

, they may get out of hand and become work-shy and indolent.

This

may

then

create a burden on the society since the government has to find ways to cater for these social ills.

However

, forcing children to follow strict rules of

behavior

manner of acting or controlling yourself

behaviour

doesn’t always yield positive results as discussed above, most of the time it backfires and works against society.

For example

, teenagers are more likely to do the opposite of what they’re told to do simply because they want to be independent. Children should

also

have rights to exercise their free will and develop their own pattern of

behaviors

manner of acting or controlling yourself

behaviour

. Imposing strict rules may simply destroy the individuality of children. At the end of the day, it is clear that children should be guided by rules, but these rules should not be imposed on them because as human beings, they need to have room to develop their own traits of character and adopt a

behavioral

of or relating to behavior

behavioural

pattern of their own.