Ques: Some people say that parents have the most important role in a child's development. However others argue that other things like television or friends have the most significant influence. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

There is a remarkable influence of every factor

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in

a

child

's overall

development

and its belief system. Write from the childhood when the

child

is under the guidance of parents, it starts imbibing virtues, cultivating habits, good or bad. It is said that parents are the very

first

teachers of a

child

. They play a significant

role

in how a

child

visualises the world as everything is new to it. Later, when the

child

gets more exposure and it enters the school, meets many kids of different age groups, it acquires the skill of learning many different things at the same time.

This

time onwards, apart from the guidance of the parents and the teachers, sources like

television

and friends

also

play an important

role

in a

child

's

development

.

However

, if we compare between the two as to who plays a major

role

- parents or other factors like

television

,

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,

friends etc., I will say parents play a more important

role

in a

child

's

development

process. Yes, sometimes, parents themselves find it difficult to remove any bad habits in their

child which

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child, which

it might I have picked up from some friend,

television

or other exposures outside

home

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the home

.

This

is very common as the parents can't confine their

child

to one place or force them to meet only a selected group of people or to watch only selected programs on the

television

.

This

is not always possible and the

child

happens to pick up all sorts of

habits good

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habits, good

and bad from the people or

television

programs. Here, what important thing parents need to keep in mind is that

right

from the beginning, when the

child

starts its life's journey, parents should create

such

a bond with their

child

that the

child

has complete faith in them. The bond should be just like that we have with a friend, a nurturer or a teacher. Parents should act as a beacon throughout the

child

's life. Having

this

relationship with the

child

, even if the

child

deviates from the

right

path, parents will be able to illuminate its path and show the

right

direction. And the

child

, too, having full faith in parents, will never lose its direction. In a nutshell, it can be summarised that though parents,

television

, friends etc.

all

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All

have a major

role

in a

child

's

development

, parents still have more power in moulding a

child

's overall character and behaviour provided they understand and establish the

right

bond and relationship with their

child

right

from the beginning.

This

way, not only the

child

will have the best torch bearer to look

upto

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up to

in

future

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the future

, the parents too, shall have the satisfaction of seeing their

child

treading the

right

path.