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In some cultures, children are often told that they can achieve anything if they try hard enough. What are the advantages and disadvantages of giving children this message?

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Children
 are always taught by the adults in some tradition that there
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is nothing cannot achieve when they are working hard enough.
Children
 can learn about healthy competition, having perseverance and gaining independence from
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 but there are
also
 drawbacks to be taken into accounts. On the
one
 hand, there are
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 of advantages of pushing
children
 to achieve everything by putting
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 effort.
Firstly
,
one
 benefit is that
children
 can learn about having healthy competition. It teaches them about the real competitive world outside as they realise early that they need to try hard enough to gain any accomplishment.
Secondly
, teaching them to put
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 effort is an advantage because
this
 is their
first
 step to learn about having perseverance. They can learn to be patient and keep the work done in order to reach the target.
Thirdly
, Working hard teaches them responsibility and independence.
This
 skill can help
children
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 adult who is ready to enter the society.
On the other hand
,
one
 problem with forcing them to get their goal by trying hard enough leads to the gap between guardians and
children
 because
children
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 them when they couldn’t
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 in their
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 as parents are blaming them for not paying enough attention to the goal.
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 possible issue is that
children
 can get trauma and lost
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 when they are not
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 as
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 even though they eventually are trying their best.
For instance
, while a slow learner studies 8hours daily, the talented student only gives 2 hours of his/her time for studying but the slow learner still cannot compete
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 talented
one
. In that kind of situation, they can suffer depression and lost
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 as they cannot make well
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 others. In conclusion, while
children
 can benefit from telling them that working hard can fulfil everything they desired, it can
also
 lead to
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 between family or losing
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • achieve
  • try hard
  • positive mindset
  • self-belief
  • motivates
  • ambitious goals
  • resilience
  • determination
  • confidence
  • self-esteem
  • growth mindset
  • unrealistic expectations
  • disappointment
  • failure
  • effort
  • hard work
  • seek support
  • individual differences
  • abilities
  • capabilities
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