I came across this topic about transparency with parents from a discussion in my English class this week. Whats with this transparency issue ? Both parents and children play an equal role in this.
We wonder why should we be transparent with parents. You think it might spoil your freedom or privacy. But, it really doesn't, if you once believe your parents with your secrets and once they trust you, your privacy wont be hindered. You might find some confidence in doing things you like to do, instead of hiding , and working on it secretly. Your guilt might haunt you for a long time once you grow up and stay in their place.
We also expect the parents to be flexible, while laying out some guidelines to follow in life. They must be easy going, taking these secrets into consideration, they shouldn't lay out strict rules or restrict sending them to places or giving things they like. For instance, parents find that some person is pranking with them on mobile or Facebook, and they try to take away the mobile or tell them to deactivate the profile. I don't think that's best justice done to the problem. Running away from the problem does never solve it. We need to learn to fight the problem face to face, so having the distraction in hand and still not getting into trouble is the brave and right thing to do. Parents could advice them about the problems faced, instead of just protecting them from the problems itself because at one point of time, every person has to know it,
And lastly, we shouldn't take the privacy given by the parents for granted and abuse it. Trust is not a easy thing , and once broken cant be fixed easily.
We wonder why should we be transparent with parents. You think it might spoil your freedom or privacy. But, it really doesn't, if you once believe your parents with your secrets and once they trust you, your privacy wont be hindered. You might find some confidence in doing things you like to do, instead of hiding , and working on it secretly. Your guilt might haunt you for a long time once you grow up and stay in their place.
We also expect the parents to be flexible, while laying out some guidelines to follow in life. They must be easy going, taking these secrets into consideration, they shouldn't lay out strict rules or restrict sending them to places or giving things they like. For instance, parents find that some person is pranking with them on mobile or Facebook, and they try to take away the mobile or tell them to deactivate the profile. I don't think that's best justice done to the problem. Running away from the problem does never solve it. We need to learn to fight the problem face to face, so having the distraction in hand and still not getting into trouble is the brave and right thing to do. Parents could advice them about the problems faced, instead of just protecting them from the problems itself because at one point of time, every person has to know it,
And lastly, we shouldn't take the privacy given by the parents for granted and abuse it. Trust is not a easy thing , and once broken cant be fixed easily.
