There seems to be a general consensus that parents should exert a far-reaching impact on their offsprings’ company of friends and soulmates. While some people hold the viewpoint that this attitude should be accepted normal, whereas I believe that young people should be free to decide firmly by themselves.
On the one hand, parents should keep a strong eye on their children’s preferences in terms of both making friends and finding boyfriend/girlfriend. Firstly, by implementing stringent rules in terms of choices, parents could avert their children from malicious people, intended to harm gullible ones with banned drugs or alcohol, which could have deleterious effects on children’s lives. For instance, if children are surmised in the company of malevolent people, such as criminals, drug offenders, all their life could be in vain. In addition to this, having learnt invaluable life lessons, parents are much more proficient in relying on trustable people, thereby contributing to their children. For example, sensitive mothers could deviate her children from squandering their life to useless ones, hindering unintended consequences. Thus, parents should be accountable for their young’s choices, providing them with the better quality of life.
On the other hand, it imposes hardships on children that when they are influenced deucedly by their parents. First and foremost, they do not feel themselves independent, feeling as a slave to their parents’ choices. To illustrate, bearing a sense of freedom of children can result in serious repercussions, such as causing traumas and character flaws. Furthermore, as the tastes are various, it is rife that the preferences of old and young ones could not be aligned with each other. For example, as young people are much more digital native, their choice of friends often constitutes people skilled in these fields, whereas parents advise them people who are into conventional occupations, such as either doctor or engineer. Therefore, parents should not have an authority on the choices of their youngsters.
By a way of conclusion, having discussed both views above, I am of the opinion that whilst parents should reign over their children’s choices, I would argue that the opposite one seems much more apparent.