Is It Better For Children To Grow Up In The Countryside Than In The City? Do You Agree Or Disagree?

Children’s education is one of the most important decisions of parents’ lives, but how difficult is it to decide where the best place to raise them is? The first school for children is the home. Parents are the best teachers at the beginning of children’s lives, although parents have raised their children with many doubts and errors during these years. It is a challenging job because parents try to make de best decisions for the future of their children, and one of the hardest decisions is choose the best environment to raise them. Every place has its advantages and disadvantages, but the choice that parents make depends on what they think is the best, and the place that they believe will provide greater benefits to their children. Therefore, growing up in the city is better than in the countryside since it enables children to access a higher level of education, exploit the multiple available amenities, and enjoy extracurricular activities.

A child who grows up in the city is provided with the opportunity to receive a better education. Parents can choose the school for their children from a variety of options according to their needs and abilities. For example, there are 3,080 primary schools in Quito between public and private schools, catholic or lay, traditional or modern, schools that are near or far. Cities allow children to access to a school environment where they develop their personality, social, academic, artistic abilities, and discover their likes because there are multiple options about which they choose. In addition, large cities provide children the opportunity to be well educated through places that allow them to expand their knowledge. Statistics have shown that children who have been raised in the city show greater interest in the arts, culture and science, because cities offer children the possibility to go to libraries, museums, zoos, and aquariums. Children who visit these kind of places are better informed, acquire a better understanding of their surroundings and they become more critical about which they learned related with culture, nature, animals, among others. Finally, children can interact with a diverse group of people and learn from them. Jean Snell, clinical professor of teacher education at the University of Maryland, believes cultural diversity enhances the school experience and she notes "There is a richness that comes from students working side by side with others who are not of the same cookie-cutter mold". Children improve their social skills since they meet people from different races, customs, religions, social classes, likes, and ways of thinking. In brief, parents who raise their children in the city give them opportunities to access a higher level of education that will enable them to be prepared to face a globalized society.

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