大学英语作文之家长和孩子 Parents and Kids

大学英语作文之家长和孩子ParentsandKidsManyparentswhowelcometheideaofturningoffTVandspendingmoretimewiththefamilyarestillwordedthatwithoutTVtheywouldconstantlybeoncallasentertainersfortheirchildren.Theyrememberthinkingupallsortsofthingstodowhentheywerekids.Buttheirownkidsseemdifferent,lessresourceful,somewhat.Whenthere’snothingtodo,theseparentsobserveregretfully,theirkidsseemunabletocomeupwithanythingtodobesidesturningonTV.许多家长表示对关掉电视花更多时间陪家人表示赞同，这样他们可以花更多时间陪孩子而不是看电视。当他们还是孩子的时候他们会想到更多事情去做，但是自己的孩子似乎不同，有时候更少的足智多谋。当没有什么可做的时候，家长们遗憾的是，他们的孩子除了打开电视想不到任何的其他事情。Onefather,forexample,says,"WhenIwasakid,wewerealwaysthinkingupthingstodo.Wecertainlynevercomplaininanannoyingwaytoourparents:‘havenothingtodo!‘"Hecomparesthiswithhisownchildrentoday:"They’resimplylazy.Ifsomeonedoesn’tentertainthem,they’IIhappilysittherewatchingTVallday."例如，一位父亲说:“当我还是个孩子的时候，我们总是思考事情要做。我们不会抱怨父母:“没什么可做”比起他们自己的孩子：“他们只是懒惰。如果有人不招待他们，他们将开心得一整天坐着看电视。”Thereisonewordforthisfather’sdisappointment:unfair.Hedeploreshischildren’slackofinventiveness,asiftheabilitytoplayweresomethinginnatethathischildrenaremissing.Infact,whilethetendencytoplayisbuiltintothehumanspecies.有一个词可以形容这个父亲的失望，不公平。他谴责他的孩子缺乏创造力，好像能力是天生的，他的孩子们玩失踪。事实上，玩耍是人类特有的倾向。Suchdisappointment,however,isnotonlyunjust,itisalsodestructive.Sensingtheirparents’disappointment,childrencometobelievethattheyare,indeed,lackingsomething,andthatthismakesthemlessworthyofadmirationandrespect.Givingchildrentheopportunitytodevelopnewre-sources,toenlargetheirhorizonsanddiscoverthepleasuresofdoingthingsontheirownis,ontheotherhand,awaytohelpchildrendevelopaconfidentfeelingaboutthemselvesascapableandinterestingpeople.然而这种失望，不仅是不公平的，也是破坏