Should Parents Ever Be Authoritarian

April 26, 2011 ENG 2301

Jihane Jamai Dr. Nancy Hottel

Final Debate Paper:

Should Parents Ever Be Authoritarian?

One of the most challenging, complicated and demanding missions in life is parenting. Parenting is not only giving birth to a child or conceiving a child. It is the way of educating, raising, and growing a child. Parents, from all over the world, try their best in order to achieve a successful job: being excellent parents. In the interest of accomplishing their tasks, parents ought to have some ground rules and discipline in their home as a method to use according to how they educate their child. Thus, because parents are required to excel in their job toward their children, and because children follow only what they have been taught, parents need to use a technique that would be beneficial in the long run. That technique is actually known as authoritarian parenting. Authoritarian parents are parents who exercise strict rules over children, make them obedient and disciplined. However, since sometimes this style of parenting can be harsh and cruel, it is mostly encouraged to use this technique moderately. In other words, being an authoritarian parent is a rewarding way for the welfare of the child, but parents shouldn’t exaggerate upon using it. That is exactly how children grow to be responsible, obedient and successful adults.

Children are followers of their masters: their parents. As a matter of fact, parents are used as guidance to their children. In fact, when the parent is harsh and treats his/her child in a severe way, the child indeed grows up to be independent and takes life seriously. This happens when the child is...