2016年10月28日托福机经之托福独立写作作文真题

 　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is easier for parents to raise their children than 50 years ago.

　　Taking a panoramic 1 picture of human evolution, family education has been playing a very important role, especially in modern days. When it comes to the question of whether or not raising kids is easier than before. I, personally, think that parenting has becoming more and more difficult based on the following reasons.
　　First off, with the advent 2 of technological 3 gadgets 4 kids are now more susceptible 5 to negative information on-line, making it tough for parents to monitor and guide their kids' behavior and mindset. As we all know, with the appearance of smart phones, tablets and computer laptops, it is easier for people of all age groups, including adolescents and teenagers, to get access to all kinds of information. To be more specific, celebrities 6 especially entertainers, like movies stars, sports giants and pop singers are such bad exemplars for kids since they are constantly involved in sex scandals, abusive use of drugs, random 7 hookups, getting rehabilitation 8. Kids, who are in their formative years, are not immune to these negative influence. Therefore, it is becoming absolutely tough for parents to guide them and any negligence 9 might lead to be catastrophic for the kid's future development.
　　Additionally, parents are so overwhelmed with their career and they tend to be negligent 10 about their kids. Kids, on the other hand, without guidance from their parents tend to have both psychological and physical problems. A recent study done by National Society of Developmental Psychology 11 indicates that there is a positive correlation 12 between the parents' working time and the likelihood for kids to experience psychological and physical problems in their adolescence 13. Indeed, fathers and mothers are more stressful and inclined to work more hours than those who did a few decades ago, leaving them little time to hang out and caress 14 their kids. To make matters worse, kids who might experience unparalleled peer pressure, bullying 15 and other kinds of school cliché are not able to get appropriate and timely instruction and encouragement from their parents, increasing the risk of a series of developmental problems. For instance, they might get addicted 16 to computer games, involve in early sex, and even have marijuana and drinking problems.
　　In conclusion, due to the susceptibility of kids when exposed to negative information on-line or else and the parents' lack of time spent with their kids, it is getting more difficult to raise kids now and kids are inclined to have both psychological and physical problems in their formative years.