Some people suggest that bringing up children by the whole family, including uncles, aunts and grandparents, is better, rather than only by parents. Do you agree with this statement? Give your opinion and examples.

The issue of who should be involved in raising the children is an important topic for parents and all of us. Some people believe that children are better to grow up in a big family with most of their relatives contributing to their upbringing.

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, I agree with those who say that parents should be the ones to bring their children up, rather than the whole family. I will explain my view in

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essay.

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, it is no doubt that parents bond with their children naturally in a loving and caring way. Not only have they looked after their children’s everyday lives, but do they

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know better than other family members to what their children’s needs, physically and mentally. They are the ones willing to take responsibilities and setting up grand roles for children’s behaviours, which are a necessity for children to grow up becoming a pleasant all-round person.

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, in today’s

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society, family

becomes smaller, relatives

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rarely live

have rarely lived

in the same roof or nearby streets, resulting in difficulties or even impossible for relatives

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be

involved in that child’s upbringing. We see

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in many countries, relatives, even grandparents, live in different cities or even different countries, to ask them to be involved in child development is unrealistic.

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, relatives and children’s immediate families may have different opinions/ways about how to bring children up;

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may create confusion for an individual child and affect the consistency of the child’s mental and personality development.

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, a big family can indeed enhance interactions between family members, and the child can play with

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aged relatives, contributing to positive and happy personality development.

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, even though I still firmly believe that parents should be the ones to bring their children up. In conclusion, the advantages of bringing up children by their parents include understanding their children’s needs, and the willingness to take responsibilities. At the same time, relatives seem hard to reach, provided that the parents are mentally and physically fit to do so.