Life is full of challenges. When growing up, everyone has his or her own pains. Some of these pains are general, but others are unique to that particular person. Although I am still in elementary school, I can already think of the many pains that I will experience as I grow up. I will need to face and overcome three major growing pains.
The first one is that there will be lots of pain taking care of my children. Sometimes, the children are cute, quiet and sweet, but not for long. Most of times, they are loud, quarrelsome, and complaining. These are the attitudes that I don’t like. Not only will they complain and fight with each other, but they will also bug me. This gives me a bad headache.
The second example is that there is lots of pain handling matters related to money. If I grow up, my parents will no longer be responsible for my continuing education. They also will not buy everything for me, like when I was little. For some things, I might not have enough money to buy or might not know where to buy. Even if I have enough money, I might not make the right decision to spend it wisely. I’d like to have my family living a comfortable life and never worry about money. It gives me lots of pain to learn to be financially independent and financially responsible.
Last but not least, it gives me lots of pain to make decisions for my children and myself. I will have to decide where I will work and which school is the best for the children. The choices are sometimes very hard to make, for there are many schools in the world. If I choose badly, my children will not have the best opportunity for good education. As a result, they will become less competitive than other people when they grow up. Since I want them to have the best education, I will have to make wise, good, and reasonable decisions for them. Not only that, I will also have to teach them how to make decisions in the world by themselves. They should not depend on others to make decisions for them. Decisions made by others might not be the best ones, but the children might still think that they are right. Consequently, they will follow them and get led astray. If I teach them in their childhood how to make right decisions, they will more likely to grow up to be responsible, strong, and wise adults. They will not need to ask for help from others much. I will need to set a good example for them.
Growing up is not easy. There will be lots of pain along the way, some of which I have summarized above. Despite all the pains I will experience, they are necessary to make me more mature. I will become a better adult after I overcome all the difficulties.
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