大學(xué)英語(yǔ)作文之家長(zhǎng)和孩子 Parents and Kids

大學(xué)英語(yǔ)作文之家長(zhǎng)和孩子ParentsandKidsManyparentswhowelcometheideaofturningoffTVandspendingmoretimewiththefamilyarestillwordedthatwithoutTVtheywouldconstantlybeoncallasentertainersfortheirchildren.Theyrememberthinkingupallsortsofthingstodowhentheywerekids.Buttheirownkidsseemdifferent,lessresourceful,somewhat.Whenthere’snothingtodo,theseparentsobserveregretfully,theirkidsseemunabletocomeupwithanythingtodobesidesturningonTV.許多家長(zhǎng)表示對(duì)關(guān)掉電視花更多時(shí)間陪家人表示贊同，這樣他們可以花更多時(shí)間陪孩子而不是看電視。當(dāng)他們還是孩子的時(shí)候他們會(huì)想到更多事情去做，但是自己的孩子似乎不同，有時(shí)候更少的足智多謀。當(dāng)沒(méi)有什么可做的時(shí)候，家長(zhǎng)們遺憾的是，他們的孩子除了打開(kāi)電視想不到任何的其他事情。Onefather,forexample,says,"WhenIwasakid,wewerealwaysthinkingupthingstodo.Wecertainlynevercomplaininanannoyingwaytoourparents:‘havenothingtodo!‘"Hecomparesthiswithhisownchildrentoday:"They’resimplylazy.Ifsomeonedoesn’tentertainthem,they’IIhappilysittherewatchingTVallday."例如，一位父親說(shuō):“當(dāng)我還是個(gè)孩子的時(shí)候，我們總是思考事情要做。我們不會(huì)抱怨父母:“沒(méi)什么可做”比起他們自己的孩子：“他們只是懶惰。如果有人不招待他們，他們將開(kāi)心得一整天坐著看電視。”Thereisonewordforthisfather’sdisappointment:unfair.Hedeploreshischildren’slackofinventiveness,asiftheabilitytoplayweresomethinginnatethathischildrenaremissing.Infact,whilethetendencytoplayisbuiltintothehumanspecies.有一個(gè)詞可以形容這個(gè)父親的失望，不公平。他譴責(zé)他的孩子缺乏創(chuàng)造力，好像能力是天生的，他的孩子們玩失蹤。事實(shí)上，玩耍是人類特有的傾向。Suchdisappointment,however,isnotonlyunjust,itisalsodestructive.Sensingtheirparents’disappointment,childrencometobelievethattheyare,indeed,lackingsomething,andthatthismakesthemlessworthyofadmirationandrespect.Givingchildrentheopportunitytodevelopnewre-sources,toenlargetheirhorizonsanddiscoverthepleasuresofdoingthingsontheirownis,ontheotherhand,awaytohelpchildrendevelopaconfidentfeelingaboutthemselvesascapableandinterestingpeople.然而這種失望，不僅是不公平的，也是破壞