Some people think parents should read or tell stories to children. Others think parents needn’t do that as children can read books or watch TV, movies by themselves. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

There has been an on-going debate in the

last

few years about whether

parents

are supposed to read

stories

for

children

. Some people argue that the involvement of

parents

in story-reading is necessary while the rest believe that

children

benefit more from forming their own reading habits. From my perspective, it is more beneficial for

children

to gather information independently. Without doubts,

parents

play a significant role in

early

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development of

children

. Generally speaking, story-telling empowers

children

to become curious. By listening to fairy tales from

parents

,

children

can learn about nature and history. They would

also

generate various questions about

society

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they are living in from these tales, which

consequently

develops their creativity. Another point worth mentioning is that it takes time and efforts for

children

to be mature enough to read

story books

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or to understand the contents from TV shows on their own and

thus

supports from family at an early stage appear to be more important. Despite the difficulty for

children

to acquire information from books and TVs directly at an early age, it is still indispensable to develop the learning skills

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them.

First

of all, reading independently is the best opportunity to form a reading habit for

children

, and their reading and writing skills can be trained during their independent reading.

By contrast

, only listening to

stories

could ultimately lead to

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over-reliance on

parents

and is detrimental to their future study in school.

In addition

, the

stories

from

parents

are prone to be limited to their own knowledge, while tremendous helpful and fresh information,

such

as

stories

that can trigger

children

’s interests in math, can be found in books, which contributes to a more balanced development for them. To put everything into consideration

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supports from

parents

in story-telling promote creativity and curiosity for youngsters.

However

, not only does independent reading contributes to the writing and reading skills

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children

, but

also

it enables

children

to get access to a wider range of

knowledges

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, which leads to

a

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more balanced development.