The issue at hand is whether the children should be required to attend some household tasks as soon as they can. Uopn this question, different people hold different views depending on their respective backgrounds and standpoints. Some prefer this suggestion, claiming it can teach kids how to work; others yet disagree, indicating that it is too early for them to participate in such tasks. As far as I am concerned, however, I think both are extreme. That is, kids should take part in some household works, but these works should be restricted under monitor.
On the one hand, children do need to participate in some household works, such as cleaning the floor, washing the utensils, and weeding the garden. These tasks benefit kids' future growth. First, by doing so, they will understand how hard their parents make money to support the family. This understanding in turn, can corrects their improper habits, waste and laziness. Second, doing some household tasks can cultivate some valuable skills which contribute significantly to their coming development. For instance, when weeding the garden, they learn how to manipulate the weeding machine; when washing the kitchen, they learn the qualities of different detergents; even when cleaning floors, they can manage to plan the scientific step to get the job done. Third, children who do some regular household jobs often try to apply some fundamental principles to these works. For example, through using the rod, it can strengthens their understanding about lever law.
On the other hand, the amount of these work should be limited according to their ages and capabilities. As we know, when kids just begin to learn work, they usually excited and do not know some harmful factors in these works. For instance, some detergents contain harmful elements to their bodies, and weeding machines can jeopardize children if operated inappropriately. At this time, the instructions of the parents are indispensable. Parents, due to their past experience, can determine which jobs kids can do and which can not. Last year, a tragedy happened when a kid try to help his mother do some laundering--he entered in the washing machine. Therefore, not all household tasks kids can do and, lacking sufficient supervising and instruction, neither the tasks nor the kids have the positive results.
In sum, taking into account above mentioned reasons, which are adequate and persuasive, we can arrive at the conclusion that kids should learn to do some household work when they can do, but these jobs should be examined their parents and supervised under adults. Otherwise, the costs maybe outweigh the benefits we can afford.
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