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Student Opinion Column: Parent/Child Bond Continues in High School

By: Karmen Hake, senior at Leigh High School on March 12, 2017

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As a senior in high school, it is easy for me to look forward to heading off to college and leaving home. While looking at colleges, I began to think more about leaving home and how far away I wanted to be from home. I ended up choosing the college closest to home. Unlike some high school students, I have a very close relationship with my parents. I strongly believe that building and keeping a relationship with your parents in high school is a must. High school is a busy time for students, and the time spent at home is limited with all of the activities that many students are involved in. High school students’ home time often consists of little more than homework and sleeping. It is hard for students to obtain close relationships if they are never with their parents. This is when some students begin to lose touch with their family. I strongly believe it is important to spend time together as a family, even if it is watching television as a family one night a week.

I also believe it is important for parents to become more lenient the older their children get. I think parents should be strict with students in their early high school years; however, as the students reach their junior and senior years, parents need to begin loosening the ropes and giving their children more freedom in preparation for when they will be on their own. Parents will not be able to control their child’s life forever, and too much control will break apart the relationship a parent has with their child. As a high school student, I am appreciative of the great relationship that I have with my parents, and I believe all high school students deserve to have this same connection.