【题目】
Some people believe that allowing children to make their own choices on everyday matters (such as food, clothes and entertainment) is likely to result in a society of individuals who only think about their own wishes. Other people believe that it is important for children to make decisions about matters that affect them.
Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
题型：双边讨论
题目解读：本题属于社会类，提问方式属于双边讨论型，主要内容为是否应该让孩子自行决定一些日常事务。需要分别分析双方观点的合理性。
观点一
让孩子决定日常事宜可能会
导致一个自私自利的社会
理由一：从生理的角度来说，孩子的心智仍未成熟，大脑会将日常的行为合理化，若孩子习惯了日常小事自己做主，那么他们长大后很大程度会继续以自己的愿望为首要考虑，可能逐渐演变成自私自利。
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For young children whose brain is being programmed to acquire new concepts, they are likely to justify self-centred behaviors once they are encouraged to decide daily issues, such as food or entertainment according to their whim, which might later result in selfishness that affects the whole society.
理由二：在孩子价值观还未成型前赋予孩子决定的权利会让孩子丧失掉与他人沟通商议的机会，而这种经验的缺失非常不利于培养孩子为别人设身处地考虑的良好品质。
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What is more, granting the right to determine everything to the children before the formation of correct value orientation is likely to result in the development of arbitrary characteristic, making them become inconsiderate and selfish due to lack of opportunities given to communicate and negotiate with others.
观点二应该赋予孩子决定对他们有影响的事的权利
原因一：孩子有权利去决定对他们有影响的事情充分体现了对人权的尊重和社会平等。
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However, endowing children, though they are immature, with the rightful freedom to express their feelings about decisions can reflect the respect and fairness in society.
原因二：家长应该锻炼孩子的自主能力，先以日常生活中的小事作为训练的内容，这是培养孩子成长成人的关键所在。
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Actually, parents should cultivate children’s autonomy and train them by starting permission from daily trivial matters, such as choosing their preferred types of food or clothes, which would appear to be the key to developing children into active and competent members of society.
自己观点
尽管让孩子决定一些日常事务可能会一定程度上地让孩子较多考虑到自己的喜好，但是我认为这是培养孩子自主能力的必要条件。
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From my point of view, although allowing children to make choices in daily life might induce them to prioritize their preference, such training on decision making is one of the indispensable factors to the development of independence and autonomy.
相关话题词汇：
acquire v.获取，养成
justify v.证明...有理
formation n. 形成
grant v.准许
arbitrary adj. 专横的
inconsiderate adj. 不体贴的，不替别人考虑的
negotiate v.谈判，交涉
nurture v.培养
adolescents n.未成年人
rightful adj.正当的
trivial adj. 琐碎的
autonomy n.自主性
prioritize v. 把...区分优先次序
indispensable adj.不可或缺的
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