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    University: Sun Yat-sen University
    Nationality: China
    October 5, 2020 at 12:22 pm

    With the development of society, our living habits have made several transitions. As a young man, I have noticed one of the most significant changes. Nowadays, young people could live a more independent life and make more decisions for themselves compared with young people in the past.

    The most contributing factor refers to the development of social concepts. In the past, people tended to have the tradition that children should follow the instructions of older people, in particular, parents. Since the public’s educational levels rise, an increasing number of parents realize the necessity to prevent their kids’ dependency on them. On the one hand, they recognize the futility to decide everything for their kids around them, except for their sense of control. On the other hand, they know about the consequence of dependency. Young people rely on them, then have little ideas on how to deal with problems, finally fail. Forming the minds of letting kids go, parents could set the independent stage for young people.

    What is more, increasing access to information provides a probability for young people to be independent. In past years, why youngers need parents to make decisions attributes to their parents’ more experience. They can get no help except their parents. Let us talk about the process of finding a job. In the past, parents might tell young people which job was better. Nowadays, however, we can search for whatever we want, including the information on salary, the locations, and even future colleagues to decide for a job. Comparing to that knowledge, the experience of parents appears a little bit powerless. Hence, more approaches to information guarantee the independence of young people to be a rational one.

    In conclusion, because the change of parents’ minds to let kids go creating the conditions for independency and easily-gained information prevents independence from a bad one, young people are sure to be able to be more independent.