托福写作范文：儿童不快乐

 　　托福写作范文儿童不快乐：

　　In some countries children become richer, safer and healthier, but they are not happy. Why?What is the solution? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples fromyour knowledge or experience.

　　范文:

　　Children will be happy when their family environment is not confusing, and you may as well besure that their happiness does not simply rely on being richer, safer and healthier. In somecountries, children being spoiled one way or another do not appear to be as happy as they arethought to be, due mainly to their parents' wrong attitudes concerning respect and discipline.It is possible that you could make your child happier if you could remember to act like an adultand not a child, and also as a boss and not as a friend that you intend to be.

　　Naturally, father and mother are responsible for making a child as happy as possible by being aparent in the traditional sense of the word Too often you are inclined to pretend to be like achild to get your child to like you, which is no less than confusing to an immature¹ mind.Chances are that you might be viewed as a child rather than a parent, not knowing that a childactually needs an adult Dad and Mom in the normal environment. By and by, your child will notrespect you, and the lack of respect does not generate happiness because your child needsyou to be a parent, not a child. At this point, a happy child is one who takes the advantage ofnormal parenting, far from playing a childish role. That means that while you must listen to yourchildren and not to ignore them, you should never forget playing the role of a a kissing parentand a scolding parent on different occasions.

　　Likewise, a child is not happy if discipline is missing at home. You ought to act like a boss andtell your children when they do wrong and correct them, and even punish them if necessary,because this could help make a child happier at heart. It may be said that a happy child is onewho is taught to distinguish what is the right thing to do and what is not. In other words,young children in particular need parents to have authority to run the family governmentproperly, otherwise the situation might turn out to be confusing sometimes. These days, thereare cases in which children seem to be in charge, as this can be seen in the way parents obeytheir children. Also, it is not uncommon² nowadays that the parent-child relationship isapparently based on peer friendship rather than family discipline, thus allowing a child to feellike an "unhappy" commander-in-chief in the family.

　　As an adult and boss, both parents are supposed to understand that their children could beeven happier if they are asked to follow the rules regarding respect and discipline. Of course,money, safety and health are always important to childhood happiness; nevertheless, a childshould be treated strictly³ as a child without causing any confusion. For that matter, youcannot expect a very confused child to be very happy, can you?

1 immature   

adj.未成熟的，发育未全的，未充分发展的

参考例句：

• Tony seemed very shallow and immature.托尼看起来好像很肤浅，不夠成熟。
• The birds were in immature plumage.这些鸟儿羽翅未全。

2 uncommon   

adj.罕见的，非凡的，不平常的

参考例句：

• Such attitudes were not at all uncommon thirty years ago.这些看法在30年前很常见。
• Phil has uncommon intelligence.菲尔智力超群。

3 strictly   

adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地

参考例句：

• His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
• The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。