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Inthe past young people are more depended on their parents in making decision.Today, young people are better able to make decisions in their own lives.

Itis a matter of fact that young people are better able to make their own decisionsrather than turning to their parents nowadays. In my perspective, suchphenomenon results from several reasons as discussed below.

Firstof all, the individualism are popular and deemed as some basic value due to itswidespread dissemination since World War II, which makes it more easy for youngpeople to be in charge of their own decisions without irritating their parents.For instance, a foreigner must understand the degree to which Americans areimbued with the notion that the free, self-reliant individual is the singlebest form of human being before s/he understands the many aspects of Americanthinking and behavior. With increased self-awareness, young people are moreconscious of what they are capable of, fighting for their own rights in decision-making.On the other hand, for independent young people, letting parents make your owndecision for you becomes intolerable and would be laughed at. Individualismwill leads to independence, which is beneficial to young people.

Moreover,coupled with the information deluge is the rapid development in technologywhich enables the delivery of information with great speed, making youngpeople, who are highly engaged in modern technologies, much more well-informedthan their peers in the past. For instance, with readier access to theinformation about the market of cell phones, young people nowadays might verylikely more able to make the best choice of the cell phones they need thantheir parents. Due to the information from various sources young people areless likely to be cheated, making the previous inexperience and lack ofinformation, which is the primary obstacle in the decision-making process,obsolete. It is hard to imagine that a teenage boy will let their parents buyhis clothes any more, which is common in the past.

Finally,with the promotion of modern pedagogy and psychology, most parents today engagea more flexible method in raising their children, offering them more freedomand, in the end, responsibility. Knowing that too much control is by no meanseffective parenting, parents will give children opportunities to make theirdecision earlier than that in the past. For instance, a 5-year old girl mightbe asked which desert she want, with which comes the awareness to take her ownresponsibility. Despite the possibility to make a wrong decision due toyoungsters’ naïve and recklessness, the bad outcomes might have given them alife-long class about what suits them best. It is these try-and-trialexperiences that afford them the wisdom to avoid mistakes in the future.

Inconclusion, due to the widespread individualism, the readier access toinformation and the more open parenting engaged by parents, young peoplenowadays are in a better position to make their decisions. Such a change is amonument to youthful freedom rather than a Pandora’s Box and thus we shouldembrace such trends and try to guide young people with more wisdom and lessorders.