父母是否应参加强制育儿培训

题目

Caring for children is probably the most important thing of the society. It is suggested that all mothers and fathers should be required to take childcare training courses. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the statement?

思路

立场：不同意。

1. 育儿课无法保证实际养育过程中能否顺利，如受制于父母的时间、资源、小孩的独特天性。
2. 政府需要投入巨大资源运转育儿培训体系，但仍不能保证百分百覆盖所有新手父母。

范文

Raising children properly truly is an important responsibility, which is why some believe parents should attend mandatory childcare training classes. However, I disagree with the idea because of two reasons outlined below.

Firstly, childcare training classes cannot ensure parents will successfully raise their kids afterward because there are so many factors at play. Families do not all have the same resources, so some might be able to provide for their children well while others will struggle. Parents may also not have ideal work schedules, causing an imbalance in allocating quality time to their children. In fact, sometimes, due to busyness at work, child-rearing may be left to extended family or even friends. And, of course, children are not all the same. Even if the childcare course teaches the best practices of the time, it is foolish to think such techniques can work on every child because each child is unique.

Secondly, it would be very difficult to implement this nationwide due to the number of new parents each year. The government would have to hire many people to teach the courses, and there would be many logistical requirements to consider, such as classrooms, scheduling, and even the need for experts for families with special children. And for the course to be effective, there ought to be practical and theoretical assessments, requiring additional spending and time of the participants. Thus, such a course would be very burdensome for any country to require all its new parents to attend.

In summary, though it is nice to know some sectors are concerned about the welfare of families in their society, it is clear that a mandatory parenting course is not a feasible option. Instead, officials should consider other means to educate new parents on raising their children.

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衔接表达

• however：引出转折
• of course：用于强调某个观点
• in summary：总之
• instead：引出相反观点

词汇

• mandatory：必修的
• at play：起作用
• struggle：挣扎
• imbalance：不平衡
• child-rearing：抚养子女
• extended family：大家庭
• nationwide：全国范围
• logistical：后勤的、组织管理的
• experts：专家
• theoretical：理论的
• assessment：测评
• burdensome：繁重的，难以承担的

可学习句型

It is + adjective + to think ... because ...

It is foolish to think such techniques can work on every child because each child is unique.

现在分词短语作结果状语

And for the course to be effective, there ought to be practical and theoretical assessments, requiring additional spending and time of the participants.

Though 引导让步状语从句

In summary, though it is nice to know some sectors are concerned about the welfare of families in their society, it is clear that a mandatory parenting course is not a feasible option.