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| How much freedom should children have? Some parents think it is good for.children to be allowed to run wild without control or supervision. They say that this enables children’s 1)... to develop naturally and that they will learn to be 2)...by mistake they make. However, this might lead to juvenile delinquency with the children ending up in the courts or it might limply make children 3)... without any 4)... for others. Other parents believe in being strict but liken to extremes this can produce a too 5)... atmosphere in the home with the children being dominated and ruled by their parents. Parents can also be very 6)... and try to keep their children 7)... on them. These two attitudes can encourage 8)... against parents, school, authority in a child or, conversely, suppress a child's natural sense of adventure and curiosity. A strict 9)... by overcaring parents can make a child so timid and inhibited that he or she is unable to express freely his or her emotions and from mature 10).... To bring up children in the normal well-adjusted human beings requires wisdom and perhaps a bit of luck. | PERSON RESPONSIBILITY CENTRE CONSIDER AUTHORITY POSSESS DEPEND REBEL BRING RELATE |
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Arranged marriages
The usual western idea of marriage is that you meet someone, 1)... in love, and then decide to marry each other. For those born in some cultures, however, marriage may have quite a different meaning. In an arranged marriage it is the parents 2)... choose the partner and it’s possible for the young person getting married not to meet their future bride or groom 3)... person until the day of the wedding. Indeed, a young person might be promised to another 4)... a child many years before the wedding day.
Amongst communities 5)... practise arranged marriage it’s not unusual for a generation 6)... to open up between parents and children with many young people refusing to accept an arranged marriage. However. 7)... the partners treat each other with respect and recognize that they are 8)... of equal value 9)... doesn’t seem to be 10)... real barrier to having a happy married life.
