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Parents and teachers make many rules for children to encourage good behaviour and protect them from danger. However, children would benefit from fewer rules and greater freedom. To what extent do you agree or disagree ?

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It is believed by some individuals that
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enforcing more rules can protect and incubate good
behaviour
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adolescents. I completely disagree with the same, as too many restrictions cannot always encourage
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good
behaviour
.
To begin
 with, more restrictions can make a child more stubborn. The main reason for
this
 is, that as human nature, we tend to do things which normally we have been told not to do. It is very similar in
this
 case, when we restrict a child to not do a certain thing,
this
 would make him oppose and do the opposite.
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 parents being disappointed and
also
 punishing him, which will have a more negative impact on him. In a recent study, where 100 students were examined,
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it was observed that adolescents who have been given more freedom are less likely to misuse it, as compared to
children
 who have been restricted. Too many obligations to the
children
 can
also
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.
This
 is because when
children
 are restricted and enforced by rules, they tend to start distancing themselves
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 their parents and teachers, as they are always scared of the repercussions their act can
further
 have.
This
also
 results in damaging the relationship between them, and
then
children
 tend to not discuss their problems and issues which can be
further
 devastating and can cause depression, which will have a tremendous change in their
behaviour
.
To conclude
,
children
 should not be enforced by too many rules, as with a good amount of understanding a good
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 can be built which can encourage child
behaviour
.

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