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SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT PARENTS HAVE THE MOST IMPORTANT ROLE IN A CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT . HOWEVER, OTHERS ARGUE THAT OTHER FACTORS LIKE TV OR FRIENDS HAVE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE.Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

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Raising a
child
 is a daunting task in
this
 era full of distractions around. It is argued that parents
plays
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 a significant role in
child's
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a child's
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 upbringing while others think that it is the surroundings which help him develop his traits of personality more. In my opinion, both factors contribute but mum and dad have
impact
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an impact
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 on one's personality over
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everything
everthing
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everything
 else. Those who think that forbear
have
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greater
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a greater
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 impact
is
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because they are
child's
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the child's
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first
 tutor. A
child
 learns his
first
 word from
mom
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his mom
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 and dad. it is the mother and father who introduce a
child
 to the world.
However
,After entering into
world
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 and
encoutering
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encountering
 with friends and social media, children may get enticed but it is the parents who will introduce them
with
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 acceptable and
non acceptable
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non-acceptable
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 behaviour. children
learns
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 more
from
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at
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 their home because they spend most of their early years at home.
On the other hand
, those who support the idea that friends and social media
plays
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 a significant role
is
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because juveniles spent more
then
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 half of their day with them in school or outside. Social media is too tempting these days,
for example
, movies and
game
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games
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 on tv have greater VFX to entice young minds. As soon as they enter into teens, youngsters tend to learn from
same
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the same
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 age group
than to
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as
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 their ancestors because of
generation
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the generation
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 gap. They are likely to follow current trends
instead
 of their parents which makes them feel updated.
Although
,
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 there is no disadvantage
of
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to
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 following peers, it is the family's influence which
help
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helps
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 them to distinguish between right
or
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and
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 wrong. To conclude, in spite of surrounding by friends and tv, caretakers are the
one
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ones
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 who truly
inspire
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 their
personality
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personalities
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.
Influence
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The influence
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 of other factors could be higher over a time period but
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the long
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long term
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long-term
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effect
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effects
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 on one's
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upbringing
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up bringing
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upbringing
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 can be seen from
family
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the family
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 background.
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