11- Jacob Penrose- Adolescent Freedoms

Adolescent Freedoms Everything’s an Argument: How much freedom should parents give their children? Children will often strive to achieve complete freedom from their parents, especially when they become teenagers. Because of this, I personally believe that parents should give their children a moderate amount of freedom and act as vessels of guidance as well as enforcers of certain rules in the household without being overly strict on their children. This is because it allows their children to engage more socially with other people and create new relationships. It also would allow their child to develop mentally and control their emotional response to anything that happens to them. However, I also believe that parents shouldn’t let their children be entirely free from their own control since their children could risk getting themselves into situations that could get them arrested or severely injured. They may also get themselves killed in the most extreme of scenarios. Additionally, a child with too much freedom from their parents could expose them to certain individuals who would drag them down a bad path in their lives. Yet, I also believe that parents shouldn’t be overly strict over their own children since it could inhibit the growth of their children socially since they have limited access to other people and are stunted in their ability to establish new relationships. Another effect that this has on a child is that it can inhibit them mentally since they are not exposed to other individuals and would make them respond in an unnatural manner to anything that happens to them or lack the ability to manage their own emotions based on the current situation.