Essay代写案例-The Importance of Childhood

      本文是一篇优秀的essay代写范文，题目为The Importance of Childhood，范文主要讨论了童年的重要性。文章讲述伊丽莎白·劳伦斯曾说过：“每个童年都有一个花园，一个迷人的地方，色彩比以往更明亮，空气更柔和，早晨更加芬芳。”童年永远是世界上最美丽的词语之一。说到这，人们通常会想到兴旺的男孩在沙滩上追逐，或一群嬉皮的女孩试图为洋娃娃盖房子，这似乎是典型的童年时代。但是，如今这些时间正被严重削减和压抑。许多孩子不是自由开花，而是过早地进入成人世界。

 

 

      I. Introduction.I.引言

 

      Elizabeth Lawrence once said, “There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again.” Childhood is always one of the most beautiful words in the world. When speaking of it, people usually has a vision of thriving boys chasing on the beach or a bunch of chirpy girls trying to build a house for their dolls, which seems like typical childhood times. However, those times are being cut and depressed severely nowadays. Instead of blossom freely, many children are shown into the adult world too early. They are being taught how to behave, how to play carefully, and how to succeed. So here’s a group of nice-educated little ladies and gentlemen who don’t believe Santa Claus anymore. They dress like adults, speak like adults, and they are the so-called “Miniature Adults”. (David 63)
      伊丽莎白·劳伦斯曾说过：“每个童年都有一个花园，是一个迷人的地方，那里的色彩更加鲜艳，空气更加柔和，早晨比以往任何时候都更加芬芳。”童年一直是世界上最美丽的词语之一。说到这里，人们通常会有这样一个景象：一个是茁壮成长的男孩在沙滩上追逐，或者是一群活泼的女孩试图为他们的洋娃娃盖房子，这似乎是典型的童年时代。然而，如今这些时代正在被严重削减和压抑。许多孩子没有自由地开花，反而过早地进入了成人世界。他们被教导如何表现，如何谨慎地玩，以及如何成功。所以这里有一群受过良好教育的小女士们先生们，他们不再相信圣诞老人了。他们穿得像大人，说话像大人，他们就是所谓的“小大人”。（大卫63）

 

      However, the childhood definitely cannot be discarded no matter how time and growth are important. Because it means innocence and creativity; it means the basic foundation for later maturity; and it means perhaps the most careless time in the whole life.
      然而，无论时间和成长有多重要，童年绝对不能被抛弃。因为它意味着天真和创造力；它意味着以后成熟的基本基础；它可能意味着一生中最不小心的时间。

 

      II. Innocence and creativity.II. 纯真和创造力

 

      To children, the world is an unwritten paper. Thus childhood is a stage full of surprise and colorful fantasies. Beautiful princess, evil dragons and the elf hides in the bush. It’s no surprise to hear little cute things talked by children. They are as malleable as a plasticene, waiting to be molded by parents and society. However, if this molding comes too early, the child may lose his or her creativity forever. There is a famous case in China named Zhongyong, who was an especially talented child in Song dynasty. He could write fabulous poems since very young, but gradually lost his talent when growing up. This is a classic sad story for “the child prodigy”. As David put it, the child prodigy turned out to be a neurotic adult; thus the phrase “early ripe, early rot!” (63) Too much early education may ruin the born creativity deep in children’s mind. Being told what’s it and what’s that, what’s right and what’s wrong may suppress children’s desire to draw their own imaginary world. And this imaginary world is only belongs to childhood.
      对孩子们来说，世界是一张不成文的纸。因此，童年是一个充满惊喜和丰富多彩幻想的舞台。美丽的公主，邪恶的龙和精灵藏在灌木丛里。听到孩子们讲可爱的小东西并不奇怪。他们像橡皮泥一样可塑，等待着父母和社会的塑造。然而，如果这个造型来得太早，孩子可能永远失去创造力。中国有一个著名的例子叫仲永，他是宋代一个特别有才华的孩子。他从很小的时候就可以写出绝妙的诗歌，但长大后逐渐失去了才华。这是“神童”经典的悲伤故事。正如大卫所说，神童原来是一个神经质的成年人；因此有句话叫“早熟，早腐烂！“（63）太多的早期教育可能会破坏儿童内心深处天生的创造力。被告知是什么和那是什么，什么是对的和什么是错的，可能会抑制孩子们绘制自己想象世界的欲望。而这个想象的世界只属于童年。

 

      III. Basic foundation for later maturity.

 

      The childhood is the start for life, and it owns an irreplaceable influence on the individual’s later maturity. For example, the kid who was born in a lovely home is tend to be easier to accept others when they grow up; and the kid who lacking of love when they were young are showing much more desire for love later. Moreover, some people’s violence tends are also said to originate from a strong sense of insecurity in childhood. As for sexually aspects, Professor Mavis Hetherington of the University of Virginia did a research and found that “the daughters of divorced women tend to be more sexually oriented, more flirtatious with men than daughters of widowed mothers or daughters from two-parent homes. With single mother, children may witness the romantic phase of courtship-the hand-holding, the eye-gazing, the constant touching and fondling. This overt sexuality may encourage young people to look for something similar.”(70) So it’s clear to demonstrate that how large a childhood experience could affect later life. And the important point is that this kind of impact is not like the one as accent or the way of living, which may be modified bit by bit as the environment changes; this impact is on the personality-the deep-rooted part of characteristics that once formed in the young, it’s nearly impossible to remove.

 

      Thus, a happy and outgoing person may be happy since he or she was born; a gloomy and depressed person probably also has his or her unhappy seed been sown long ago. A healthy and satisfactory childhood, particularly the one with beautiful memories, is essential for a good quality of life in the long term.

 

      IV. A carefree time in the whole life.

 

      Sadly, the last reason for the importance of being a child still cannot be understood by the lucky little guys (they all can’t wait to grow up). In fact, when most people start to realize it, they have left their childhood for a long time. It is true that the childhood is ignorant, at the same time, it also the most carefree and enjoyable time blessed by god. They play, they eat, they laugh, and they grow. They are not big enough to worry about the life or the future. Such fun. Though a lot of kids are “forced to grow up” (66). According to David, the academic pressure is not the only reason. Children’s dress is another. Today even preschool children wear small versions of adult clothing. And when children dress like adults, they walk like adults and behave like adults. Some particular features of children have gradually been lost. And since the childhood is probably the best time in life, it also has a reason to be protected and preserved well.

 

      V. What conditions must exist in order to succeed in the future?

 

      Simund Freud once described maturity as “liben and arbeliten” (“loving and working”). The mature adult is the one “who can love and allow himself or herself to be loved, and who can work productively, meaningfully, and with satisfaction” (Grace 47). As what has been discussed in the Basic foundation for later maturity, the childhood has everything to do with the future adult. So if these two features “loving and working” can be nurtured well in the young, then it’s no doubt that this kid would bloom into a successful person. As for specific conditions, a lovely home and an inspiring environment are probably enough.

 

      VI. Conclusion

 

      All in all, the childhood is very important not only because of its innocence and creativity, but more of its connection with the future and its unrivalled position in life. Most people has already used out the chances of their childhoods, but how to maintain a beautiful childhood for the next generation and the next generation, and how to allow children to enjoy childhood for its own sake are the lasting goals for all the parents and the whole human beings.

 

      Works Cited

 

      Craig, Grace J. Human Development. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1976. Print.

 

      Elkind, David. The Hurried Child: Growing up Too Fast Too Soon. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub., 1981. Print.