Some people think that parents should teach their children how to be good members of society. Others, however, believe that school is the best place to learn this. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

Some suggest that

children

should be taught by their

parents

how to become good members of society,

while

others argue that they should learn

this

in school.

While

parents

can educate their

children

in manners, I believe that school provides a more structured form of learning and helps

students

acquire skills, required to be a good individual. On the one hand,

parents

prepare their

children

for school life by teaching them how to behave and instil basic moral and ethical values. They are the ones, who understand their

children

in and out because of their immense involvement in their son's or daughter's personal life, right from birth.

As a result

, they can guide their

children

in being someone with high ethics and morals.

For example

, a recent study by the University of Cambridge stated that

children

who grew up in foster care are often aggressive and arrogant towards other people compared to those who were raised in a homely environment by their

parents

.

However

, I would like to argue that solely betting on

parents

to teach their wards about morality and ethics invites a bias and creates, for their

children

, a myopic vision of the world.

On the other hand

, schools and universities provide an excellent environment for

students

to learn different perspectives about the world and give them the freedom to decide the difference between right and wrong, which in turn ensures that they grow up to be responsible citizens. The structural curriculum in the educational centres often involves group studies and projects, which enhance the skill to work together and assist others, which is an essential trait of a good citizen.

For instance

, the ISCE board of Indian education has a mandatory subject called moral science that evaluates

students

on different hypothetical moral scenarios, through which they learn a great deal about the dos and don'ts of society.

Therefore

, I feel the education received by

children

in schools, provides a more holistic approach for learning ways to become ethical people. In conclusion,

although

parents

can educate their

children

on basic morality because they spend most of their time with their sons and daughters, I believe that schools and colleges provide a more structured and experimental way of learning the same which guides the

students

to decide the difference between right and wrong, and in turn, become better people.