Question: Should children be forced to do housework?
☆Let’s Think
1.
What
chores have you done? How have they affected you?
2.
When necessary, parents must
force their children to do something. For example, they must make theim take
medicine when they are sick even if they resist it. Is forcing children to do
housework the same kind of practice?
☆Hints for Points
Agree
1.
Chores teach children skills necessary for independence.
2.
Chores encourage children to use their body and brain.
3. By doing chores,
children can acquire patience, a sense of responsibility, and self-esteem.
4. Housework teaches
children knowledge about seasonal traditional events and family cultures.
5. Through helping with
parents, children can effectively communicate with them.
6. Children will come to
appreciate work done by parents and gain respect for labor in general.
7. Chores can be a part
of education.
Disagree
1.
Forcing children to do anything
will adversely affect their development.
2.
Children must play, study, and
interact with their family instead of working.
3.
Doing a simple task for hours
disrupts their physical and mental health.
☆Sample Essay Structure
A
【Thesis】It is important for children to be required to help with
household work commensurate with their abilities unless it interferes with
other crucial activities for growth, because doing chores helps children’s
development in many aspects and brace them for independence.
【Supporting Details】Assigning children chores not only helps their emotional,
mental, and physical development but also give them basic skills of daily life,
which helps them become independent. They can learn basic domestic duties such
as making beds, cleaning, washing, and cooking. There is no denying that having
these skills will make their lives easier in the future than not having them.
【Counterargument-treatment】Disciplining often
involves compulsion, and the negative effect can be minimized or avoided by
parents’ love and ingenuity such as introducing the tasks as part of play or
family event. After all, disciplining is teaching patience and nurture
tenacity, which is indispensable to lead a good life.
【Conclusion】It is parents’
responsibility to make children do housework so that they can function well in
society when they grow up. (165 words)
【Supporting Details】Unfortunately, many children are still forced to help with housework
at the expense of other essential activities they need to go through for their
development and even exposed to physical damage. This is not just because of
poverty but because of ignorance or negligence. Parents are human beings and
imperfect and thus can take advantage of their children for their convenience
or pleasure. My mother made me wax the whole floor of my father’s office with
bear hands alone at least twice when I was around eight. It took hours for me
to finish the task, and I still remember the chemical smell of the wax. I
wonder how much chemical my hands and respiratory organs absorbed and how it
affected my physical condition. Also, while I was doing the task, my mother
spent time with my little sister. I remember feeling isolated.
【Counterargument-treatment】Even though the task may have instilled me
with patience and sense of responsibility, the total teaching effect of that
chore is questionable. My mother was not a bad person. In fact, she was
respected and loved by her family and friends, which means that most children
of average parents are vulnerable to parental exploitation and abuse.
【Conclusion】Thus, as Chris says, assignment of chores must be done only
according to the children’s natural motivation. (229
words)
Write your response in 10 minutes. Show each other your responses.
Write down questions or suggestions to each other’s response.
DRAFT
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