环球教育小编为大家总结托福独立写作：给孩子零花钱的话题(2017年11月11日托福考试真题)，希望能帮助大家更好的备考托福。

　　话题分类：给孩子零花钱的话题

　　考题回忆：

　　Parents give their children weekly money to buy whatever they want. Some people think this can cause bad habits and ideas about money in children. Others think the opposite. What’s your opinion?

　　解题思路：

　　题意：有些人每周给孩子零花钱买他们想买的东西。 有些人认为这样做会导致坏习惯和对钱的错误观念，另外一些人持相反观点。你的意见是什么。反对：1. 让孩子习惯每周购物，对外表/零食/玩具过度关注，容易忽略精神世界。 2. 容易养成浪费的习惯，不利于未来的生活。赞成：1. 养成独立思考，自己做决定的好习惯 2.学会管理自己的金钱，利于未来生活。范文观点: 赞成。

　　参考范文：

　　All parents want their children to have the best things in the world, and many among the latter customarily receive money from the former to buy whatever they want. Although some people worry about the negative implications, I would like to argue that offering children weekly money is more beneficial than inimical.

　　The most compelling reason is that by giving children money every week, parents can cultivate independence in decision-making, which is conducive to future life. What the opponents do not see is that children all eventually grow up, with freedom of choices for the rest of their life. If parents limited their chances to practice self-reliance in terms of decision making, they are more likely to feel at sea, or worse, spend recklessly in adulthood. In contrast, children who are given money weekly have to exercise their excursion continuously, rendering tremendous benefits. For example, my parents have given me pocket money, which was quite a handsome amount for a child at that time, every week when I went to boarding school. Until this day, I am thankful for their trust, since I have become much more independent, notwithstanding many stumbles along the way.

　　In addition, the children can derive benefits in managing money from this practice even when they overspend, or spend money unwisely. Mistakes are fabulous teachers, so as long as parents have a system to keep their children on the right track, there is not much to worry about. By making mistakes and correcting them, children can learn a better lesson than from sheer instructions, as opposed to those parents who have a firm grip on their wallet, fearing their children would go astray. Therefore, instead of being concerned about children ending up an irreparable spendthrifts, parents should embrace the opportunity to learn.

　　For instance, the first two weeks I started to receive extra money from my parents, I spent all of them immediately, including my allowances, so I had to call them in the middle of the week asking for money. My parents did not discontinue right after I ‘got busted’. Rather, They gave me advice on self-discipline and managing personal finance. It was after this incident that I truly began to understand the importance of personal finance.

　　In a word, not only can offering children money provide benefits in fostering independence, but also in honing self-discipline and personal finance skills. Hopefully, the future can behold more parents waking up to this truth.

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