WRITING TASK 2

It is important for children to learn the difference between right and wrong at an
early age. Punishment is necessary to help them learn this distinction.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?

What sort of punishment should parents and teachers be allowed to use to

teach good behavior to children?

It is believed that understanding the distinction between right and wrong

is essential for children, also, punishing them may necessary when they
make mistakes. Personally, I completely support this viewpoint.

First, the ability to determine an issue is right or wrong is crucial for kids
because it is one of the elements that construct their personality. Once
the personality is generated, it will be stable and hard to adjust. Therefore,
helping them to distinguish between good and bad behaviors is
necessary. Furthermore, punishment is helpful for when that children
behave poorly due to the guilty feeling it provides. Unless they are able to
self-correct their way of thinking, stricter punishments should be applied.

In contrast, there are a lot of disagreements to this viewpoint. Most of the

young adults think that children are still very young and punishments are
unnecessary. To my mind, I believe that early age is the suitable time for
a person to learn about morality, additionally, it is easier to train small
children than teenagers and young adults. In the other hand, many people
argue that a child will grow up eventually and he can learn themselves. As
cited above, a person’s character is stable once generated, and those
children who are not trained about morality will be hard to fit in any
community due to their lack of consciousness.

Many kinds of punishments can be used by parents and teachers to teach

young children. Among them, the best way that I can think of is that we
should make them stay in their own room, let them think about what they
did and decide if it is good or bad. Any violent punishment such as hitting
by a stick or not allowing them to eat should not be applied because they
merely influence badly on them
In conclusion, I strongly agree with the viewpoint that the distinction
between right and wrong should be taught to children and punishment can
be made if necessary.