In this day and age, an increasing number of parenting classes is established. Therefore, some people argue that the best way to have a happy family life is to enroll in these classes frequently. From my point of view, I partly agree with this opinion based on several reasons will be explained in this essay.
To begin with, these courses can tell parents about what teenagers are currently thinking about the world. Specifically, in the fast-paced world with rapid changes, the way children think and see about the issues happening in their lives is completely different from their parents. Therefore, these differences will lead to generation gap in nuclear family and also some unexpected arguments between parents and children. If parents take these classes, they will understand their children clearly and lead to the harmony in the family.
However, these types of courses often waste too much money and time of parents and it also has a lack of interaction with children. Instead of that, there are several methods which can be applied by the parents to deal with misunderstanding problems between them and their children. To be more precise, parents and children can participate in outdoor activities and even some programmes on TV that foster family bonds to have a better family. For instance, “Bo oi minh di dau the” is a TV programme in Viet Nam which creates some challenges for children and their fathers to overcome together; furthermore, children can feel grateful to their fathers because of their courageous and their love to their children.
In conclusion, I agree that parenting classes may help parents to understand their children and reduce the amount of argument and generation gap. Nevertheless, I believe that there are several methods such as engaging in outdoor activities and programmes on TV or having a frequent conversation can help parents and children to build a harmony family.