Although family has a great influence on children’s life, it is the influence of outside the home that plays a bigger part in their development. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words.

It is frequently argued that the

impacts

from family are more important than the influence of outside. In my view, I support that external

impacts

play an essential role in teenagers'

development

. Relatives and siblings who accompany

children

shape teenagers' personality and their world view in the incipient period. They are the

first

group who interacted with

children

. In the process,

children

learn what respect is and how to interact properly with others. If

children

behave impolitely or improperly, their relatives would remind them of their mistakes. Unlike outside, strangers would not point out your mistake in a gentle way. The knowledge which

children

learned from their siblings is necessary for their future

development

because

society

requires individuals to cooperate with others to achieve efficiency and effectiveness. With negotiation skills, they could be well accepted by

society

and find good employment.

Besides

, encouragement from

families

has

great

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positive impact on

children

. When

children

fail to do something, it's the comforting words from

families

that let them back on track and never stop struggling.

Although

, thanks to advancing technology, the external

impacts

on teenagers' character are increasing year

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year and gradually become the most influential one.

Firstly

, in the past, the connections between

children

and

families

weakened once the age of

children

reached 18 years old which is a legally dependent age in the majority of countries.

However

, in the new era,

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technological improvement accelerated

this

process because social media gathers millions of people and acts as an online

society

.

Children

have the opportunity to communicate with others online

instead

of only making friends with their neighbours.

For example

, the research showed that apart from study and daily routine jobs, the average hour scion spent on social media is highly equal to 5 hours per day in China. The

time

period accounts for most of their free

time

. They literally have little

time

to stay with their

families

.

Therefore

,

scion

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dived into online

society

instead

of

families

.

Secondly

, only without parents' intervention,

the

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young resort to the capacity of dealing with conflicts by themselves and

also

address tough challenges independently, which they can learn from

society

instead

of their family.

For example

, if a child takes a trip with his friends

instead

of family, he will gain some power in decision-making maybe about which historic sites to visit and practise managing the budget. But if he travels with family, he is not the leader but acts as a follower. When they found that they were stalked by strangers, they would react to the threat immediately by calling an emergency number for help. What they learned from their parents are skills but what they learned from

society

would become their own experience.

Therefore

, their capacities are strengthened and well prepared for future challenges. A

society

which is more influential relative to the family is an arena where

children

become stronger. In a word, we should not underestimate the

impacts

of

families

, whereas the external environment is more influential in the young's

development

. To achieve sustainable

development

, it's worthwhile to spend more

time

in

society

.