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Alhajeri1 Ali Alhajeri Kristen Foster CO150.

400 11/22/2013 Childs Right should be supported

Arguments Essay

The Human Right Organization has built the human right on a safe way that limits the right of people with each other and over each other. Recently, the vertical human right has been a controversial issue especially on the family relationship. When I said a vertical right, I mean the people right over each other such as the right of parents over their children. However, there is a fair relationship at the vertical right that The Human Right Organization has discussed. The child is human, therefore, the vertical human right does not let the parents to disrespect or ignore the children right because the children also have their right. Parents ignore the childrens right just because children are children and they know whats the best for their kids. Even though the child is under age and cannot be treated as an adult, parents must not force, disrespect, or ignore him/her because the child will grow up with no self-confidence. If the parents are the owners of the upbringing of the child and of the formation of values and beliefs, the childs social right to education therefore needs to be adjusted and adapted to this civil right of the parents. (Quennerstedt). If parents do everything for their child without letting him/her know why this is bad or good or even make the child has the decision about the situation, how the child would grow up. In other words, parents are the people who build the childs personalities. If they support their child to have his/her decision, they will make him/her has an independent

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personality while if they do not, they will make their kids personality weak that follows and need them all the time. Children must grow up with high self-confidence so they can feel strong when they get older. Parents should let their children make their own decisions for themselves so they can have an independent personality.

Killing the childs right by disrespect or ignore it cause a reaction or a mental disease. If parents are the people who make every decision for their child, they will kill the childs personalities because there is no thing and no life experiences that the child has gain from the childhood. Also, if the child does notice that his/her parents disrespect him/her or they force him/her to do something that the child him/herself does not want to, it possible to let him/her has a mental disease The government dealt with 114 cases of forced marriage last year that involved mentally disabled people a number government experts admit is only the tip of the iceberg of a horrendous hidden problem.( Helen Pidd). There is a situation where the Human Right Organization must protect and punish who will do it. According to the staff and agencies in Sana'a, the poor families in Yemen forced the females children to marry early to get the benefit from the dowry or at least to stop paying for them. We can see now how is life can drive the parents to sell their daughter just because of the money. Disrespecting the childs right might cause even worst reaction from the child him/herself After escaping, Tehmina was rejected by almost everyone in her family. While her father was sympathetic, he told her that she and her daughter no longer had a life in Pakistan( Lauren Wilks). The end, disrespect the childs right is always negative.

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Children must grow in a way that makes them happy and supportive. Parents have to support their childrens personalities to make them feel strong so they can make their decisions for their own life when they get older. According to Katherine, her main goal as a mom is to get her child ready to move from the childhood to the adulthood where he can start his own life and take care of himself. If the parents do not support their child or ignore his/her right, the child will never have the confidence to take his/her own life decision Ultimately isnt that what we want our kids to do, figure out solutions to their own problems? I dont know about you but when my child leaves home I dont really want them calling me 42 times a day asking me questions. (Susan). Kids are at the learning ages. What I mean is children can learn from their parents or their wrong decisions if their parents show them the right decision nicely. According to Susan, it is the best chance for the kids to learn when they come to their parents discussing the wrong decision that they made. Also, parents have to make their children have strong personalities so no one can disrespect their decision or change it By establishing boundaries for the child, you are helping them to learn what is expected from them and how to behave in society.(Webber). If parents keep changing the childs decision by either convince or ignore, the child will grow up with weak personalities that let anyone change his decision easily A degree of helpful criticism may be necessary, but if a child hears only anger and criticism, his or her self-confidence will be undermined.(Webber). Last but not least, childhood is the way where people gain their personalities.

However, in some situations, there are some people who are against my arguments. Since it is not legal for the child to vote or smoke under 18 years old, people argue that parents should have a fully right over their children. If parents have the fully rights over their children, they

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might use their rights inappropriate way where it is harmful or that useful I often ask parents if they would prefer their child learn to make the right choices or just make choices based on getting a reward or because ultimately they are fearful of you? (Susan). In other words, letting the child know the situation in depth and convince him/her in somehow that the right is right and the wrong is wrong. Therefore, they will build their personalities on a strong way that supported by their parents. Also, there are some parents argue that parents should have the right over their kids even when they are over 18 years old so they can have them stay with them even when they are adults. According to Katherine, she has a difficult time, and she gets hurt when she imagine the day that their kids will grow up and go have their own life. This part where adult kids do not move out of the familys house is more like a cultural habit and this is more common in my country, which is Kuwait. In Kuwait, Parents are taking care of all of the childs responsibilities until he/she be an adult then the child do the same thing for his parents until the death. However, it is not common in the US because it is more like a cultural habit. Children have the human which means they can decide whoever, whatever, and wherever they want their life , but they cannot be treated as an adult. Due to their ages, we cannot take off their rights forever, but we can save it for them until they get adults.

In conclusion, the childs rights have been disrespected. Parents should support their children in order to make them have self-confidence. Children are humans, and they have a feeling, which means ignoring their right or disrespect it may cause a mental diseases. Children must be grown in an active way that makes them happy and supportive because children are our future. If we build the children personalities very well, they will have great future.

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Work Cite

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