Some people think the role of parents is to discipline their children and teach them about right and wrong. Other people consider that the main responsibility of parents is to nurture their children and provide them a Safe environment to grow up in. Discuss both sides and give your opinion?

Some people believe that it is the responsibility of parents to teach the

right

values to their children, while others think that the main duty of parents is to provide children with a safe

environment

to grow up in. While teaching children the

right

values can teach them good

behaviour

, I believe that parenting children in a safe

environment

will help children to avoid negative

behaviour

. One the one hand, if children are taught the

right

discipline and values they tend to learn social

behaviour

.

This

is to say that children do not possess adequate knowledge about

right

and wrong

behaviour

and when kids are taught from a young age, they are more likely to behave well in their teenage.

For example

, a recent survey conducted by the American Bullying Association revealed that the kids who were taught moral values at home did not bully other kids in school.

However

, I believe that children’s age should

also

be taken into consideration while teaching them good

behaviour

.

On the other hand

, parenting and providing children with a safe

environment

at home can avoid children from developing negative

behaviour

.

In other words

, when parents do not provide them with a friendly

environment

they are more likely to develop anxiety and depression and

this

will cause them to develop aggressive and violent

behaviour

later on in life.

For instance

, a research study by The Guardian showed that 23% of the children in America developed some kind of violent and aggressive

behaviour

as they were brought up by divorced parents. I,

therefore

, believe that it is very important that children should have a good

environment

and proper parenting in their childhood. To conclude,

although

teaching discipline and

right

values can teach them social

behaviour

, I believe affectionate parenting and a friendly

environment

are more important as it will help children to avoid negative

behaviour

in life.