Dear Parents

I am writing to inform you that your children are people too. From the day they're born, they have a responsibility to make their own decisions and create their own path through life. Yes, they need grooming, and be careful how you groom them too. Any extreme will lead to a problem, but then again problems are unavoidable. This is something that every parent should realize and take into consideration.
Problems in mind, parents should decide how they want to punish their children. Punishment is necessary, but sometimes the situation in itself is punishment enough. This is one thing many parents forget, and they also forget that they are supposed to be there for support as well. Children, just like all others, need support and love. They need to know that even when a mistake is made, there will still be people there behind them. Without making mistakes, a child will never learn. By not learning, we will never develop as a society.
One thing my parents have done very well is realize that they were children once too. We experience the same pressures, conflicts and stresses, and parents should take time to talk to their children about how they got through the same situation when they were younger. It is then up to the children to resize that, sometimes, their parents actually know what they're talking about. This may be hard if the relationship is stressed, that is why parents should be open from the beginning, striving to keep a healthy relationship that has mutual learning, love and growth.
Parents are so crucial to development, and they should always Strive to create the healthiest upbringing possible. That is their main job in life, their children are their successors, and they should give their all to make their children learn what they can, but most of all, learn to eventually think for themselves.