Opinion Writing 2 I do not agree with individual who claims that teachers affect children more than parents do. On the contrary, I do believe it is parents who play the most crucial role in children’s life, intellectually and socially. These are my two reasons to bolster my opinion. First, children start to establish their IQ and EQ foundation at the early stage of their childhood. In terms of intellectual development, children’s academic ability originally comes from their parents. Parents having extraordinary ability might have a higher possibility to raise a gifted child and verse vice. In addition, young kids are building the concept of treating others, imitating the tone of speaking and obtaining the way of solving problem via observing their parents since they are toddlers. Second, even though they are students, children spend longer time staying with family. In most of elementary school, students have 6-8 hours to learn at school, to socialize with friends, and to do extracurricular activities, but students have a range of 16-18 hours spending with their parents everyday. Practically, the time extends to 24 hours during the weekends, holiday, breaks and summer vocation. More importantly, students have the possibility to change teachers each school year. However, if students do not satisfy with parents, then there is no choice but stay with them. In other words, parents are parents who can influence their children in a long run. Overall, the influence of teacher on children’s growth is very limited, yet parents have the responsibility to regulate, mentor and educate their children for the most part. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any suggestion or advice is highly appreciated! Thanks for your time!