On the one hand, micromanagement can lead to negative impacts on children’s holistic development. When children are under helicopter parenting , they completely depend on their parents’ choices instead of giving their own decision. This dependence curbs their decision-making abilities, which serves as a fundamental tool in their future lifes and careers. Moreover, over-supervision can hinder a child’s intrinsic motivation to learn and explore their interests as they try to do what their parents want rather than what they truly love.
On the other hand, parental control can build children’s responsibility. Children cannot distinguish right from wrong, therefore, setting strict rules is one of the most effective methods to guide their behaviors. By giving them small prizes when doing right things and punishing them when they make mistakes,children may gradually understand the boundaries and limitation that they can not cross. As a consequence, they tend to avoid doing bad things in order to escape punishment. For instance, in Vietnam and Japan, parents often give their children small gifts such as toys, food or clothes when they help other people or get high scores in exams. In contrast, when their children don’t obey school’s rules or behave rudely towards older people, parents will ban their offspring from playing outside or going to their friends’ party. This approach terrifies the kids and forces them to obey the rules.
In conclusion, although over-supervision stifles children from well- rounded development , I believe that children’s accountability it involved overshadows the limitation. Striking a balance between strict rules and freedom is a key to ensuring children’s holistic development.