It was all a lie

The article "It was all a lie" by Laura Jeanne Allen from The Next Step Magazine have introduced us a very common problem between two generations in today's society. Her subtitle "high hopes are nice, but next time, tell it to me straight" really explained the main idea and caught my attentions. I agree with the author's point of view that parents shouldn't lie to their children. Reality is more important than hopes anyway.

I think the parents take the great responsibility. They should teach their children facing the reality rather than letting them live in hope. It is very important to let their child getting the right concept. As we all know, children's futures are greatly relate to their parents. Further more, parents play powerful roles in children's growth. Children's opinions are based on parent's advices. When the children grow up, parents should study with their children and help them to excavate their talents on specific area, and identify their weaknesses and strengths as well. Other wise, mistakes would form. Problems would spread larger and larger. Children's situations and feelings would be the same as the writer said "I didn't realize that while filling my head with ideas of what I could do with my life, no one thought to point out all of the things that I couldn't." Parents might think encourage their children is good, that's wrong. Maybe they don't want their children feel bad but meanwhile they misleading their children.

If I were the parent, when I have child one day, I won't do the same thing as the writer's parent did to her. I don't want my child to get confuse. I guess many people would say that, too. However, my mind may change one day in the future because children seem to repeat the step of their parents, that's what the life of human beings look like. No one could avoid it. I think that's a universal problem and happen again and again, it's like a circle goes around. I think the best solution is for children and parents worked together. They all have to keep an important concept on their mind: realities are more important than hopes.