父母对孩子的管教

　　Somepeoplethinkthatparentsshouldplantheirchildren‘sleisuretimecarefully.Otherpeoplebelievethatchildrenshoulddecideforthemselveshowtospendtheirfreetime.Whichideadoyouagreewith-Givereasonsforyourchoise.

　　托福议论文写作试题分析：

　　一条件：父母对孩子的管教/孩子的空闲时间的安排/有人认为父母应为孩子指定使用空闲时间的详细计划/有人认为孩子应该自己安排空闲时间。

　　二要求：说明自己同意何种观点并说明理由。

　　三写作分析：本题为家常话题，尚无定论，可选任意一种观点表示同意，并说明理由。也可辩证地看问题，在分析的基础上提出自己不同的见解。动笔前应先决定写法，若摆脱绝对肯定与否定的方式，写作时宜用归纳法，通过步步深入的分析，最后得出比较客观的结论。这种写法比较复杂，难度较大，写作时思维一定要清晰，不然就会产生混乱。

　　Shouldparentsplantheirchildren’sleisuretimecarefully-Orshouldtheylettheirchildrendecideforthemselveshowtospendtheirfreetime-beforeansweringthesetwoqusetions，weshouldfirstofallaskanotherquestion：dochildrenknowhowtoplantospendtheirfreetime-Theanswertothisquestionisboth“yes”and“no”。Ourcommonsensetellsusthatsomechildrenspendtheirfreetimeinaplannedwaywhilesomeothers，especiallytheyoungerones，justplayastheylikewithoutanypalnatall.

　　Theaboveanswerleadstothreemorerelevantquestionsaboutthosechildrenwhoknowhowtoplantheirleisuretime：Howhavetheyobtainedtheability-Istheabilityinnate-Oristheabilitylearnt-Ourobservationstellusthatthisabilityisnotbornbutlearnedfromothers---theirparents，teachers，otheradults，orotherchildren.

　　Withthesequestionssettled，theanswertothefirsttwoquestionsshouldbeverryclear.Parentsshouldnotgivetheirchildrenafreehandatthebeginning.INstead，theyshouldplantheirchildrren‘sleisuretimecarefully，makingsurethattheirchildrenunderstandwhytheyshouldhaveaplan.Inthisway，thechildrenwillgraduallyformahabitofmakingpalnsandknowhowtomakeagoodplan.。Then，wecansaythesechildrenknowhowtospendtheirleisuretime.

　　Whenchildrenalradyknowhowtospendtheirfreetime，theywillnotneedanylongerfortheparentstopalnforthem.Themosttheycandoistokeepaneyeontheirchildren’sactivitiesandgivesomeguidanceoradvicewhennecessary.Formostofthetime，childrenshouldbeallowedtodecideforthemselves.Thewholeprocessisinfactaprocessoftraining，inwhichinstruction，demonstrationandpracticeshouldbeplannedinascientificway.Withoutplentyofpractice，thewholeprocessoflearningwouldbeafailure.