adults should not impose their perspective on child. do you agree? give reasoned answer

I agree that adults should not impose their perspective on children because children and adults have totally different perspectives. The world of children is full of dreams and fantasies whereas an adult’s vision is usually realistic or philosophical. When children grow up they become inquisitive to know and explore new things. They want to establish their own identity in their world and become apprehensive about believing whatever adults say. Therefore, when parents or adults try to impose their perspective on them, they become rebellious. In the story “Should Wizard Hit Mommy” Jo becomes hostile when her father refuses to agree that the wizard should hit Skunk’s mother. She does not want to believe her father’s statement that mothers are always right. Hence, she insists that the next day the story should end differently. It is important that adults should guide their children whenever they make mistakes but they should not impose their ideas on them.

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As the child grows into maturityhis perspective and vision of life change gradually.A child views things atsuperficialandsensory levelbut agrown up's vision is realistic, reflective, philosophical and even psychological.Viewed from the study of the story "Should Wizard Hit Mommy?" Jo, a child of four, like most children of her age,prefers to live in dreams and fantasies. She ishostile by natureand would like towreak vengeanceon Skunk's mother and wants thewizard to retaliate.

She isannoyed because the father refuses to accept her suggestion. The father has a mature perspective and sees beyond the surface and explores thephilosophical and moralistic aspectof the entire situation. The wizard hadunwittingly interferedwith nature and had thus done a great deal of harm and deserved to be punished.According to him the punishment meted out to the wizard is well merited and retaliation is out of the question.

Thus the story makes it clear that the perspective of a child and that of an adult is totally different.
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