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It is commonly believed that nowadays main factors that affect a child's development are media, pop culture and friends. A different point of view is that family plays the most significant role. Discuss both views and give your opinion

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Some
people
 consider that a
child
's growth depends on their environment and social network.
However
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 the other part of
people
 thinks that it depends on their parents and how they raise them. I strongly agree that parental education affects more than
child’s
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a child’s
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 surroundings. Opposing the view and the reasons will be explained in the following paragraphs.
People
 of the first view consider that children's environment affects their development. Everything they watch on social media and spending time with the wrong
people
 can significantly impact on
child
's growth. And the majority of parents try to control
who
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 their
child
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children
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 talk to or what they watch and listen to. But it's understandable, every parent worries about their
kids
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kid's
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 future which
also
 depends on society. So they want their
child
 to communicate with
that
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the
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 type of
people
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person
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 that will motivate and help them to move on. Oppositely,
the
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other
people
 suppose that the family is an important factor in shaping the discipline and
behavior
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 of the
child
.
This
 is because children always repeat the
behavior
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 of
people
 who are close to them, and in many cases it's family. So it's important to set a good example
to
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 your
child
. Taking both sides into account, I personally think that family affects more on
child
's development than the
people
 they communicate with, social media and pop culture. From the arguments and examples
given
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 I think that children view their parents as role models and follow
example
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the example
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 set by them.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • influence
  • development
  • media
  • pop culture
  • peers
  • family
  • social skills
  • beliefs
  • values
  • emotional support
  • moral guidance
  • aspirations
  • self-image
  • social development
  • value system
  • harmony
  • conflict
  • significant
  • behaviors
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