Exposition Writing (Draft 1)

Draft 1

What are the challenges faced by parents today?

Parents are facing problems everyday in their daily lives, no matter if is something to do with their work or their child. Parents always wanted to give the best to their child. However, the children do not understand and they do not appreciate for what their parents provide them with.

Parents nowadays believed that education is the most important for their child. Which parent does not want their child to excel in their studies? Which parent does not want to see their child succeed in life? Parent faces challenges such as providing the child with tuition which is believed to help the child better cope with their studies. However, some children simple do not appreciate and thinks that tuition is useless and a waste of time. Often, parents have to think of ways to persuade their child to attend tuition lesson. Thus, challenges faced by the parents are usually communication.

Children nowadays are allowed to go home alone after school at a very young age. Without the guidance of the parents, children tend to mix with the wrong company and have a drastic change in life. For example, a classmate of mine was allowed to go home herself at the age of eight where we are only primary two. As time goes by, she had more and more freedom. She mixed with the wrong company and her studies drop dramatically. Thus, one of the challenges faced by the parents is the insufficient time spent with their child.

Some parents also spoilt their child by getting them whatever they wanted, and the child simply takes things for granted. For instance, some children were given a hand phone at a very young age of six to seven years old. Between the age of six and seven, there is not a need for children to carry a hand phone with them as their parents are tagging with them around all the time. There is no reason for them to carry a hand phone as there is no one else they can contact. However, some children tend to throw tantrum at their parents and the parents have no idea what to do but satisfying their children with what they want. Hence, parents face challenges not to spoil their child with all the latest item and electronic gadgets, at the same time making their children happy.

The problems and challenges faced by parents are a lot more than what I had mentioned above. It is really hard for parents to create a win-win situation for both sides. This happens especially to parents who are working from day to night. They could hardly spend time with their family and friends, including their child. Family contact time is really important; however parents tend to neglect this and it leads to family problems.