Should children obey rules or do what their parents and teachers want them to do? It’s not unusual that parents and teachers set all kinds of rules to children, which is deemed to be obstacles to children’s growth, in certain people’s opinion. However, I would argue that obeying rules is an important lesson for children and should be encouraged. Some people hold the idea children are supposed to abide by regulations either at home or school because children are too young to tell right from wrong. They could easily behave in a wrong way which they may not even notice, for example, playing video games over time, ignoring table manners, or bullying other children. All of these behaviours could cause severe outcomes if they are not stopped in time. Thus, children should always be under parents’ and teachers’ control. Nonetheless, other people complain that children are regulated too much, which may cause a series of problems. On the one hand, it may cause mental issues to these children. They live a life in the shadow of parents and teachers, fearing of failing to meet their requirements. On the other hand, it could stifle these children’s creativity. They will find it difficult to make innovations since what they only know is to take orders. In my view, it is every parent and teacher’s mission to set rules to children, as no children can independently regulate themselves well. Even though there are such concerns that over-control could limit children’s minds, it is still necessary to teach them rules to avoid misconduct. The reason for this is apparent by weighing the harm of over-control and lack of control. After all, over-control cannot do severe harm to children since they will at least know how to behave themselves decently, while a lack of control inevitably brings about a large number of problems to children and lead them astray.