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Influence of Children’s Friends Essay

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This influence of children’s friends essay is about the influence that
children’s friends may on them and the best way for parents to control this
influence in a positive way.
This is the question:
Children’s friends are an important part of their lives.
What kinds of influence may children’s friends have on them?
What is the best way for parents to make sure that their children’s
friends are a good influence on them?
Like the previous company sales essay, to answer this essay question you
simply need to brainstorm some ideas that directly answer each question. 

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Try to think of two or three ideas to support each of the questions, and make
sure you have some further support to explain each idea fully. You can use
examples to do this if you like.
For an IELTS essay you wouldn’t normally have more than three body
paragraphs. So you could have one body paragraph about each question (2
body paragraphs) or perhaps if you are going to discuss both the negative
and positive influence of children’s friends, you could have one body
paragraph about each of these and then a final body paragraph explaining
the way parents can make sure the influence is positive. 
Now take a look at the model answer. Which organisation does it follow? 
Model Answer
Children’s friends are an important part of their lives.

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What kinds of influence may children’s friends have on them?
What is the best way for parents to make sure that their children’s
friends are a good influence on them? 
An essential part of childhood is friendship and most children realise the
need to have a friend or two to make life more fun, especially in school or
their immediate community. However, the influence of friends can be both
positive and negative, so parents should find ways to ensure their children’s
friendships are not detrimental to them.
On the positive side, a child’s friends can motivate them to try activities
they might not do on their own because of fear or embarrassment. Thus,
some children dabble in sports or the arts because their friends are doing the
same. Friends are also a source of help and encouragement when things are
tough in school or the family. By lending their expertise or providing
sympathy, friends are a blessing in difficult times. 
Despite this, on the negative side, some friends can steer a child in the
wrong direction. Bullying is something many children copy from their
friends until they become full-fledged bullies themselves. There are also
many vices children pick up from the wrong crowd in school or their
community, such as pornography, drinking, smoking, and even
overindulging in video games. 
Since children should have a good set of friends, parents must do their part
to ensure that happens. One way is for parents to know who these friends
are, by inquiring about them and learning what they do together. Having
these friends over for a meal also allows parents to observe and determine
the influence such friends have on their children. Another important task for
parents is to educate their children on moral values. There will come a time
when parents will no longer be able to dictate who their children choose as
friends. But if their children understand right and wrong and are aware of
the telltale signs that they are being misled, they will know who to keep and
who to drop from their inner circle. 
To sum up, friendship is an important part of a child’s formative years as
good friends can help a child become better in the different aspects of life.

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However, parents must be actively involved in monitoring and teaching
their children about selecting their friends well to ensure their kids do not
fall into the wrong crowd. 
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