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Who are the best teachers in our life? In my opinion, the first teachers we have in our lives in  
* y& |$ `1 a9 l- V" X9 X' D; ^most cases are our parents. They teach us to walk, to speak, and to have good manners before we reach "the real world. " More than even the professional teachers that we have in school, parents are generally the most involved in the development and education of children.  
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The main reason for my view is that our parents are the best teachers at the beginning of our lives,  
which actually corresponds to the parents’ role in nature. Parents are most committed and  
3 y6 J' J  E: F% minvolved in teaching their children; they have a kind of instinct to sacrifice a part of themselves  
for the betterment of their children. They love us and have great patience while passing down  
& i0 f+ ~. T# Y6 g( Ztheir knowledge to us. They wish us a success and thus will not teach us bad things. And of  
" y" g) O9 _! }2 w9 h7 ^; Wcourse, implicit learning occurs when children unconsciously copy some of their parents’ habits  
' z3 K2 g2 K  k: ~. T- v; nand styles of behavior.  
  
& U; M8 _( Q9 u2 R1 K" LAlso, during the second stage of child development, adolescence, parents can still be in the best  
position to offer advice even though the children might not accept it. In this case, perhaps the  
child’s friends would be the best teachers. Adolescents are notoriously rebellious in many cultures  
and may automatically reject any advice from their parents. My first marriage for instance, was  
solely a matter of doing the opposite when my parents tried to intrude in offering their advice. So  
in such matters, parents should be much more flexible and be rather the partners with their  
children. So we can see that being a teacher of growing child become more and more complicated  
, |% v5 ~8 d/ f2 S( ^case as the time passes and many parents are simply not able to meet the increased demands.  
  
& u0 v. K6 q$ c9 i9 JOn the other hand, I would say that parents are not professional teachers and they tend to be very biased by their love of their children. So wishing good things and an easy life may prevent  
. U5 ~! w3 ^" i: Cchildren from maturation. In any case, parents usually can present only one viewpoint of the  
- r6 D. \1 _# _6 u6 Y, P# ~world, while good teaching should be based on different attitudes. Thus, when children go to  
8 H$ j; \! T! {2 ischool and have a great diversity of teachers, they learn much more than their parents could  
probably give them. Furthermore, once our parents get older, they become more conservative and cannot always be objective in regard to modern trends and fashions. Thus we need to take their advice with caution during that period. However, some kind of intuition which I believe shared  
between relatives about what everybody needs and great love which exists in a families still  
5 M5 D9 O/ Y- t' i) ?5 G) r. @4 g6 imakes our parents very good teachers and advisers at any time.  
  
/ k/ V' D$ U1 \& \) rIn short, while parents are not the ideal teachers, and well-rounded children will generally need a great diversity of teachers in their lives in order to have a more accurate view of the world,  
9 ~3 w' @1 }+ Z( f) H& W0 Xparents are generally the most committed of all teachers and have the greatest emotional  
# w9 t; |( g) i+ P% a# I( x* Q3 R/ _investment in their children and their future.  
  
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