Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Children should be required to help with household tasks as soon as they are able to do so. Use specific reasons and examples to support (FOR TOFEL)

[Rashika]

It is often argued whether children should help or not with household tasks as soon as they are able to do so. In my opinion and with my personal experience I support that children should help with the household. Following reasons will reinforce my belief.

Firstly, if children engage in household work than they can easily adjust in new atmosphere. For instance, during my childhood I helped my mother in her daily chores like cleaning & washing clothes. When I joined college, I was fine and easily accepted the fact I have to do all my chores myself but my friends were always complaining. On later conversations I came to know they never helped their parents. Thanks to my parent I was able to easily managed my studies as well as chores.

Secondly, children can really understand and appreciate the hard work parent do in household work if they help them. For example, some children do not want to have homemade food they always crave for restaurant food. Sometimes they just threw the food clandestinely. If they had helped their parents in the kitchen or buying groceries, they would have understood how much handwork their parents put to prepare the dish and how expensive are the ingredients. Children will have food without complaint if they understood the work behind it.

Thirdly, in hectic world where people hardly have time for each other. If a family works together, people can enjoy the work as well they all can spend the qualitative time together.

Fourth, when we become young if we know how to cook, iron our clothes then we don’t need to depend on others for all this. For example, during covid when everything is closed, we have to manage everything ourselves. In these unprecedented types of situations, it would be very difficult to manage if we have don’t know basic cooking, cleaning and all. Therefore, it is necessary from childhood people should learn basic things.

In conclusion, if a child helps in the domestic work, then it brings their family closer, child will respect and value his parents’ efforts more and he will become independent and more prepared for his future endeavours.

[David1]

It is often argued whether children should help or not with household chores as soon as they are able to do so. In my opinion and from my personal experience I believe that children should give a hand at home. There are a couple of reasons why I hold this view.

Firstly, if children engage in household work, they can easily become independent and fend for themselves. For instance, during my childhood, I helped my mother in her daily chores like cleaning and washing clothes. When I joined college, I was easily accepted because I could do all my chores myself, while my friends always complained because they never did any chores at home. Thanks to my parents, I was able to juggle multiple tasks efficiently.

Secondly, children can really understand and appreciate their parents’ hard work and the sacrifices they do for their well-being. For example, some children prefer eating takeaway food rather than eating homemade food. If they help their parents to buy the groceries and prepare the food, they would understand how time consuming it is to prepare food for the whole family twice a day. Children will surely start appreciating more their parents.

Thirdly, helping each other in today’s hectic world where people hardly have time for each other has certainly its benefits. If all the family members work together, they will spend more quality time together. This will serve as an opportunity to get to know each other better.

If we learn to do some basic tasks such as cooking and ironing our clothes, we will not burden others. For example, during the last lockdown due to Covid, we managed to do everything ourselves even though many places were closed. In these unprecedented times, it would be challenging to live a normal life unless you don’t know how to take care of yourself. Therefore, it is of utmost importance that children learn to do different chores around the house.

To sum it up, if children help in the domestic work, they will bring their family closer. Moreover, children will learn to respect and value their parents’ efforts, and they will become independent and better prepared for when they move out of their parents’ house.

[Tiger_words]

Yes.
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