People have different opinions about the impact of rules on children. Some said that children should obey their parents and adults, while others think the opposite. In my essay, I will discuss both viewpoints. On the one hand, parents and teachers often set some rules for the children to follow. In some cases, these rules are beneficial and helpful for children. For example, parents usually set the rule of time watching TV. I believe that children might feel very uncomfortable to follow this rule. However, to be honest, it is a good rule that children should obey. Similarly, there is a variety of rules parents want their children to obey because they are good rules and children should follow them. 
On the contrary, it is quite hard to believe but true that many parents do harm to their children’s life by being overprotective. If parents always force their children to do everything in their order, there will surely have negative consequences. Children who are always pressured by regulations from their family often be timid. They gradually lose the ability and desire to form their own opinion. They will also lack many characteristics in their adult life. 
Considering both views, I reckon that the way parents and teachers educate children have an important influence on the development of children. Thus, parents and teachers should make wise rules so that children do not feel too restrictive.

Obeying rules is necessary in order to hold children accountable for their behavior and help them develop good behavior patterns from a young age. Unlike adults, children are normally not aware of the consequences, along with behavior, behaving in a socially acceptable way. For instance, learning to greet other people, table manners in some cases polite requests. Moreover, forbid any kind of inappropriate behaviors, such as bullying, using profanity, cheating in exams and interrupting teachers during a lesson, especially at children who are at puberty age. Rules most of the time are set by the teachers or parents usually with good intention, they are helpful and beneficial for the children and they’re expected the children to do so.

On the other hand, children’s life can be ruined by being overprotective and being abusive. This could give children mental breakdown, such as depression, losing reason to live, or a feeling of committing suicide. For instance, some rules may dictate what children should do every day, but when they enter the workforce, they may not know how to manage time without the instructions of their parents and cope with the demands of work themselves. They are unlikely to achieve success in their careers. Furthermore, if some sorts of freedom are not given to the children they often cannot expose their true potential in life. Again, severe punishment from parents and teachers can harm children’s ingenuity and can turn them into an immoral person.

In my perspective, it would be questionable for the school and family when they put children under rules under several circumstances. The strict rules are likely to have a detrimental impact on children’s health. Take eating and drinking for example. Rules are extremely needed in daily life (not just children). Regarding to autonomy, if children suffered strict rules following by teachers and parents, they find difficulties in making their own decisions in the future. It is unwise to be overprotective or overindulging. As with most things, moderation seems the best policy, parents and teachers should impose to the children and what they should be flexible about.

In conclusion, following parents’ guidance can certainly be helpful for children to have right direction to growing up, on the contrary this is by no means that youth can’t have their own independence and options in their life.