In many parts of the world, children are given more freedom than in the past. Is this a positive or a negative development?

In most parts of the world, children nowadays are enjoying more

freedom

than their previous

generation

.

This

privilege is often taken for granted by many teenagers and

therefore

it is often misused.

Although

loosening the control over a child has positive impacts, they are overshadowed by the negative effects. A teenager might not be able to understand the thin boundary between right and wrong,

thus

, giving them more

freedom

than their

last

generation

might result in children getting into bad companies and,

as a result

, they might be exposed to drugs, or even major crimes just because of peer pressure.

For instance

, a child might start using drugs to just get along with friends and eventually get addicted to it and might even end up in prison.

Moreover

, compared to the past there has been tremendous technological advancements, so kids today are more connected than their

last

generation

.

In addition

to that, if there is less monitoring from parents, it may result in abuse of the internet by the kids.

For example

, there have been instances where teenagers often use their parent’s credit cards to buy things or even to watch porn from the internet.

However

, there are

also

pros in giving pupils more

freedom

compared to the old

generation

.

This

privilege allows them to be more vocal about their interests and opinion which would, in turn, allow them to choose the field of study they find interesting, rather than going with their parent's decision. Thereby in future, the child might choose a field of work he/she is comfortable with

such

as, art, business or engineering. In general, across the globe, teenagers today are given more

freedom

than their previous

generation

. Even though these might have positive implications, the negatives often outweigh them. Parents should have control over their kids as their parents had control over them.