Some people believe that children should spend all of their free time with their families. Others believe that this is unnecessary or even negative. Discuss the possible arguments on both sides, and say which side you personally support.

Nobody can deny that parental influence is important for children, at least in cases where

children

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Children

live with their parents, foster parents or guardians.

However

, it is by no means clear that

children

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Children

should spend

time

exclusively

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with

the family, as we will see. On the one hand, it may appear advisable for parents to act as role models and to establish

ground

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Ground

rules for behaviour by spending as much

time

as possible with their children.

This

allows the

youngsters

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Youngsters

to absorb conventions and codes of conduct which they can

then

follow themselves,

hopefully

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Hopefully

leading to an absence of problems

such

as bullying, truancy and delinquency later on.

Furthermore

, being with the family should reduce the risk of children falling victim to crimes

such

asabduction

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as abduction

, or coming under the influence of negative peer pressure.

On the other hand

, we have to ask whether

this

is a practical proposition. In a society where

many

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Many

families are dual-income, or where one parent’s role as breadwinner means he/she is away

from

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From

the family for long periods, it is inevitable that children cannot spend all of their

time

with the

family

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Family

. Child-minding and after-school childcare are often used in these cases, and if managed

properly

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Properly

, these can be perfectly viable alternatives. Equally, it seems that children can in some cases

learn

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Learn

a considerable amount from their peers

in addition

to adults, and allowing them to play without

direct

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Direct

supervision may be a benefit. To conclude, it appears that, while family

time

is essential for bonding and absorbing

patterns

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Patterns

of behaviour, there are definite advantages when children are outside the family too.

This

provided

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Provided

that they are in a safe, well-behaved environment with peers who are themselves

reasonably

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Reasonably

well brought-up.

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Fully explain your ideas

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Sentence 4 - Outline sentence

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Sentence 2 - Example
Sentence 3 - Discussion
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