"Nowadays parents are too permissive with their children." Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

談談你對父母溺愛孩子這種現(xiàn)象的看法

Today, few people would defend the traditional attitude to children. If you recall what happened in old days, you would be astonished at the severe and strict education for children, for instance, old-fashioned spanking was common punishment for children. As a result, while the parents thus established their own authority, the poor children would never recover from the dreadful traumatic experience when they grew up.

However, as you know, things often go to extremes. Nowadays, parents' confidence in their own authority has been greatly undermined. Countless articles in magazines and newspapers and tv programmes publicize child care. When so much over-enthusiastic advice flying about, mum and dad just don't know what to do any more. In the end, they do nothing.

So from early childhood, the kids are in charge and parents' lives are regulated according to the needs of their offspring. When the little dears develop into teenagers, they take complete control. If the young people are going to have a party, for example, parents are asked to leave the house. Their presence merely spoils the fun. What else can the poor parents do but obey?

In my mind, a child certainly needs love, and a lot of it. But the excessive permissiveness of modern parents is surely doing more harm than good. The spread of juvenile delinquency is largely due to parental laxity. Mother, believing that her littlebaby can look after himself, is not at home when he returns from school, so littlebaby roams the street. The dividing-line between permissiveness and sheer negligence is very fine indeed.

作文結構分析：

·severe and strict education for children

* spanking

* children's dreadful experience

·things often go to extremes

* parents' authority unde rmined

* over-enthusiastic child care

* parents'life regulated according to children's needs

·comments

* excessive permissiveness and sheer negligence — a fine dividing line

作文內容分析：

本文是一篇議論文。顯然作者的觀點是認同這一命題中的說法的。文章以對比的手法將早先對待小孩的傳統(tǒng)教育方式作為鋪襯，然后以一句“however, things often go to extremes.”為轉折，將話題導入主題“nowadays parents are too permissive with their children.”例證真實而生動，有較強的說服力。最后一段是作者的觀點和評論。本文邏輯性強，層次分明，讀來統(tǒng)一而連貫。

單詞詞組：

permissive (ness) a.(n.) 隨意(的) ，放縱(的)

be astonished at 對……感到吃驚

spank (ing) v.(n.) 打屁股

traumatic a. 受到創(chuàng)傷的

things often go to extremes. 事情往往會走向極端

undermine v. 瓦解

regulate v. 調節(jié)

offspring n. 兒女

dear n. 親愛的人

obey v. 服從

juvenile delinquency 青少年犯罪

parental laxity 父母的疏忽

roam v. 游蕩

dividing-line 分界線

sheer negligence 完全忽視