Fences are prominent in the world today. Fences can be literal as the ones in a gated backyard or figurative like our very own parents. Parents become fences for their children because they want to shape the outcome of what their child or children need to be. Parents may force children into their own dream which makes the children “fenced in.” They may also fear children will be exposed to hardships in life like tripping over a rock or falling off a bike. Both parents and fences block children from the dangers from the outside world. Fences can affect people’s look in life and how they react to situations based on the fences their parents have put up. The fence on the first page is a fence in my backyard. My dad put the green fence up for my mom’s daycare. My mom
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In the same way, parents make fences around their children but in a bigger scale. Children who want to run around in the woods or jump in the water are limited because parents fear for the safety of the child.
Fear is the kryptonite of parenting. Why fear is a downfall to parenting is because fear weakens the children’s ability to be independent. If the parents who worry and fear about their children let go, their children will be better off.
Not only parents fence in their children at home, they fence their children in school. In school, if a teacher makes a student mad or fails a student, the parents feel they need to change. Mary Sherry, a freelance author of “‘In Praise of the “F” Word” discusses failure is actually a great tool. “We must review the threat of flunking and see it as it really is-a positive teaching tool. It is an expression of confidence by both teachers and parents that the students have the ability to learn the material presented to them” (340). The threat of flunking is a danger to most student and even more for the parents. Many parents today do not want their children
In the same way, parents make fences around their children but in a bigger scale. Children who want to run around in the woods or jump in the water are limited because parents fear for the safety of the child.
Fear is the kryptonite of parenting. Why fear is a downfall to parenting is because fear weakens the children’s ability to be independent. If the parents who worry and fear about their children let go, their children will be better off.
Not only parents fence in their children at home, they fence their children in school. In school, if a teacher makes a student mad or fails a student, the parents feel they need to change. Mary Sherry, a freelance author of “‘In Praise of the “F” Word” discusses failure is actually a great tool. “We must review the threat of flunking and see it as it really is-a positive teaching tool. It is an expression of confidence by both teachers and parents that the students have the ability to learn the material presented to them” (340). The threat of flunking is a danger to most student and even more for the parents. Many parents today do not want their children