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Section 1: " Both parents should assume equal responsibility in raising a child."

A child’s well-being and health are vital and contribute to a productive and healthy youth and adulthood. Parents play a significant role in helping and teaching their children to use their abilities, talents, motivation, skills and behaviors to promote their mental, physical and overall well-being. Value gained transitions from childhood into youth and eventually into adulthood (Deutsch, 2001). Children learn many life lessons from their experienced parents, and therefore, both parents are equally important throughout life. Parents must put in rearing an equal amount of effort for the child to grow up into a sensible person. Through the parents, a child learns new things, prevents straying off from the right path and averts arguments and family breakdowns.

Section 2: What is the controversy?

As expected, the family is made up of father, mother, and children. It is accepted that the mother and father play vital roles in rearing children into useful and potential people who will contribute to social development. Therefore, children must be brought up by both parents (Gillies, 2008). Nonetheless, it becomes challenging when you compare based on importance, the roles directly played by the father and the mother. If the mother figure is more important to a child, is she to assume more role or what happens to the father figure? In my opinion, parents should put in an equal amount of effort in a child’s upbringing. Raising children is difficult, but for the child’s sake, it is important that both parents assume equal responsibility.

The reason both parents should put in a fair amount of effort in child development is to give the child a sense of both sides. By his masculine nature, the father will give his child a better sense of braveness and teach them defense mechanisms (Deutsch, 2001). Fathers being present in their children's life increases their method of analyzing problems. It could also influence their sense of responsibility and self-confidence. Even though a mother ought to give her children a sense of tenderness for better dealing with people, a father’s role plays a big part in building the personality of the child.

Sadly, most children today are not brought up by both parents. Without both parents, children grow to have commitment issues and are less successful in life. Most resort to alcohol and drugs because parents did not put in the effort that was required to shape their lives into better outcomes. Children raised in intact families tend to perform well in life. Men and women should share the responsibility of bringing up children. Their participation should complement each other so that the child can grow balanced with a strong personality.

Section 3:

Parents should take equal responsibility in the upbringing of a child. The nurturing of a child affects development throughout their lives, and it equally important that parents put a consolidated effort in nurturing.

Bibliography

Deutsch, F. M. (2001). Equally shared parenting. Current directions in psychological science, 10(1), 25-28.

Gillies, V. (2008). Perspectives on parenting responsibility: contextualizing values and practices. Journal of Law and Society, 35(1), 95-112.