Some people think that the main factors influencing a child’s development these days are things such as television, friends, and music. Others believe that the family still remains more important. Discuss both opinions and give your opinion.

In

this

current world, bringing up a child is a huge responsibility.

While

some people believe that family has the main role, I side with those who think there are other important contributing

factors

. On the one hand, it could be argued that

children

's development could be hugely affected by parents. The favours of

this

idea claim that

children

spend lots of their lives at

home

with family members, observing their behaviours, listening to how they communicate with each other, and how they respect others.

For example

,

children

who do not have parents and have to live in a foster

home

could have many emotional problems and their personalities would be completely different which shows how family has a huge role in

children

's development. Another reason is the pure love

that is

hidden in parents' actions.

This

passion affects our subconscious and changes our characters. Back to the earlier example, the foster kids might see or hear some kind gestures or words, but they do not feel it, and most of the

time

they complain of lack of affection because the source of that behaviour is not true passion.

Thus

the families' affections could change the

children

's personalities.

On the other hand

, I side with those who believe that other

factors

, outside of the

home

, have more effects on

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growth. It is a fact that our era is different from the earlier centuries. Today everybody, including

children

, has a smartphone or laptop which

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them occupied.

For instance

, my

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after coming

home

, just asks for some food, and

then

he goes to his room and talks and plays video games on the computer. There is not any

time

for us to chat and communicate about different subjects.

Moreover

, friends can affect each other very easily. Usually,

children

mimic the behaviours of friends that they admire, even if it is a negative one,

such

as smoking. To summarize, the family can impact

children

's personalities

due to

spending

time

and their pure love for their

children

, but other

factors

have more effects since technology

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taken more

time

for

children

with endless available information on it.

Therefore

, on balance, I believe

children

's development is determined by outside

factors

.