Children should spend most of time playing and studying, and should not be required to do housework Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Children should spend most of the time playing and studying, and they should not be required to do household chores, like cooking or cleaning. In all ages, the general public has never stopped the discussion whether children are required to do some housework. A number of parents hold the view that they are too young to do these housework, and they are supposed to spend time playing and studying. When compared with the view above, I, personally, believe that it is far more beneficial for children to do some housework in their free time. To begin with, by no means are we supposed to lose sight of the fact that doing some housework not only can cultivate kids' characteristic,but it also makes them more independent. Due to the development in economy, especially in China, the quality of people's life has improved a lot, more and more parents no longer let their children to do housework as they did in their childhood. To be more specific, nowadays, lacking experience in doing some housework, such as cooking, cleaning and so on, children in China isn't able to live with their own, moreover, when meeting the trouble in life, the first thing what they do is to ask for help from their parents, instead of solving the problems by themselves. In addition, through doing some simple housework, kids can understand the tiredness of their parents who will do lots of housework after busy work everyday, and they will be able to appreciate their parents' contribution to their family. According to a survey conducted by educational department in China, approximately 60 percent children have arguments with their parents more than three times a week, due to the small things in daily life. When confronted with the issue above, doing some simple housework, such as making a breakfast or cleaning own room, will make children have a deep understanding of their parents, undoubtedly, this way can reduce the arguments in the family. Judging from what has been discussed above, we can draw the conclusion that although the quality of life is becoming greater than before, children are still required to do some housework , which can have a lot of benefits on them.