It is important to give children a possibility to act independently and make their own decisions from an early age. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this idea?
AGREE
Giving a chance learn from mistakes
Boosting confidence
DISGREE
Might go astray/ wayward/ haywire
Pick up wrong habits, resulting in harm to self
It is generally suggested that juveniles should be leveraged liberty to be at their own devices. Although it seems plausible to follow such an arrangement, it should be embraced with caution.
Rendering freedom to young minds quite early on, to decide about their routine, and conduct, can fetch them an opportunity to learn about carrying themselves independently, and interact with their surroundings without needing external intervention. To cite the example of youngsters living in boarding schools right from the age of eight are able to, effortlessly, grasp decision-making skills, and confidently choose their further course of action, in terms of selecting higher courses after the completion of the high school.
Similarly, it has been seen that such young individuals tend to learn about taking ownership of the circumstances, inculcate an uncomplaining attitude, and develop a broader perspective, by virtue of learning from their mistakes and errors. To exemplify, several CEOs of gigantic commercial organizations/entities like IBM, DELTA airlines, and so forth, admit being afforded room to determine about dealing with their daily chores by their families, which later graduated to other more complicated areas, letting them make corrections in their approach, and teach them about a right path.
Nevertheless, despite this approach being judicious, mothers and fathers must extend such autonomy selectively, for there are certain risks associated with unrestricted allowance being given to immature minds to conduct themselves at free will; they might go astray, and lose the sense of direction, exposing them to myriad problems, which sometimes could do enduring damage.
Therefore, these settings should be applied with extreme care to harness optimal benefits, so that children can be given a regulated training, protecting them from umpteen jeopardies, and smoothening their learning process: age-appropriate engagement in this process can fetch numerous rewards.
