[영어에세이]Bad Parents Make for Bad Children

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Genetics is not the only valid excuse for a child’s misbehaviour. Society prides itself in the way a child is raised by parents. Children misbehave because something vital is missing in one’s nurturing. These mothers and fathers allow young children to stray from moral equity, challenge authority and use violence as a resolution for anger. Nurturing should include deterrence from wickedness and inducement of morality all the while considering the child’s perspective. Laurie the main protagonist of the play “Charles” by Shirley Jackson is a testament to this fact of misbehavior as Laurie’s parents fail to stop Laurie’s wicked deeds while being ignorant of the five year old’s point of view.

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In the same way, a child will use violence as a method of ridding frustration unless a parent intercedes and explains the danger of this action. Violence is a natural instinct that must be controlled. Role models exist to teach a growing individual that enacting this instinct is wrong. Laurie’s guardians fall short in making him realize this as he grins, “Today Charles hit the teacher” (107). Since as mentioned before Laurie is really Charles, it was Laurie who hit the teacher. He hits the teacher because the teacher tries to make him do something he does not want to do and his response is to fight back. As a result the child is doomed to repeat this misconduct. This is shown as Laurie’s teacher reports his naughtiness at school saying, “He had a little trouble adjusting, the first week or so. . . but now there are occasional lapses, of course.” (111). Laurie continues to misbehave because his parents do not explain to him Charles’ faults and why Charles should be disciplined in order to prevent Laurie from doing the same thing.

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