Hi! I am practising on ielts and i got this prompt  
The prompt says : **Some people say that parents have the most important role in a child's development .However, others argue that other things like television or friends have the most significant influence .Discuss both views and give your own opinion.**  
  
## child's development

  
  
Child's development which belongs to many factors is really complicated. While some people are of the opinion that parents have the most essential role in child's development, others believe friends or other environmental factors such as TV have the most important effect.  
  
It is certainly true that parents have the important role. They can interact with their children by so many methods. By using daily word or action, they are making a influence on their children's traits and personality. For example, while their children are growing up, they read for their children the stories to the behavioral habits right before bed time, they use the appropriate words or the gentle ways they act every day, encouraging them imitating exactly .Therefore, it naturally comes in their life, becomes behavior and socializing process .It is really hard or impossible to be changed even when they in the bad environment because it was acquired when they were a child. People will appreciate them in society. Their children will be responsible and know how to deal with the inevitable stuffs in their life. They will become good citizen and devote their contribution for the country.  
  
Nowadays, some other children spend much more their time in school than with their family so it is widely believed that friends have the  
significant role in child's development. They'll know and learn about society's things such as friendship and relationship. Good relationship was built with their friends, giving raise to confidence and comfort. Without their parents, they will find out the way to win the competition confidently. Because they know their friends always stay behind and support them. So many private stuffs which children never want to confide with their parents so they share comfortably with their friend. Maybe they scare their parents do not sympathy or support them. Building a good relationship with their friend, they will become sociable. And then, they can get used to with any environments.  
  
It can be argued that in some cases, television has an important role in child's development. Making an increase to different things is evident way. Children are always curious about everything around them. The more riveting things they see , the more curious they are . So television can show them a lot of interesting things such as different culture , food , toys and so many things . Not only do television entertain, but also it provides knowledge to children.  
  
Family ,television and friends are important factors in child's development. In my opinion, it has been suggested that family is a strongest impact to children because every child at least spends 4 to 5 years with their family before getting in touch with outside environment . Their awareness becomes life in this period, deciding the ways they are going to grow up ,the ways they act too.