Many people suggest that parents should be amenable to educating children to become civilized members for community. However, other sections of people counter the perception by stating that this responsibility should be held by schools. From my perspective, the best way to produce fully-developed citizens is to share the task equally among two parties.
On the one hand, parents play such an integral role in the development of every child that lacking them will cause a big disadvantage. Firstly, children are believed to be vulnerable to the world surrounding them and tend to mimic everything around without knowing whether it’s good or bad. Therefore, as the people who have the closest attachments to the children, only can parents recognise the problem that their offspring are facing and make adjustments to them so that they won’t be spoiled. Secondly, parents serve as the very first teachers of children and every word or action conducted by them are of considerable weight in children’s mind. For example, if parents always show respect to the elder people and be polite to their neighbours, children will gradually follow this and believe that it is a good thing to do. Additionally, it can be said that parents are role models in the eyes of the children and decisively determine who they will become in later life.
On the other hand, the necessity of schools when it comes to educating exemplified members for community is surely undeniable. To begin with, schools provide children with a vast array of soft skills that can barely be taught at home. There, children are given the chance to meet people from all walks of life and learn how to integrate with them not to mention communication skills involed in the process of forming friendship. In addition, schools enable children to experience new things, have a deeper insight into themselves and figure out what they are really into. This will ensure a path for children and prevent them from being deflected by social lures.
All things considered, I believe that both parents and schools are of equal importance in the production of good members of society. While basic conceptions of good and bad are taught by parents, children can only adopt essential skills and knowledge by means of going to school.