英语作文——啃老族

5啃老、自力更生、奋斗

It goes without saying that this picture aims at revealing a current social problem : the number of parents-dependants is growing. In the picture, the ageing parents, sweating all over, are still serving as the ATM(Automatic Teller Machine)for their grown-up son who, however, is taking all this for granted.

It is now increasingly common for the young to depend on their parents because they are unable to support themselves even though they have grown up. Numerous factors have contributed to this phenomenon. On the one hand, the young generation has been too spoiled by their parents to be strong enough to confront the difficulties and hardships. On the other hand, more and more parents, afraid that their beloved children may be frustrated by the pressure and strain from the competitive world, are more than willing to exert all their energies to help them. In addition, the modern world is becoming far more competitive than people could bear.

It is obvious that the young generation should be independent of their parents who have already made painstaking effective measure must be taken to avoid this trend. First of all, a positive mental guidance must be popularized among young people to enhance their awareness of striving for a better life all

by themselves and of relieving their parents of the heavy burden. Secondly , an educational campaign must be launched to help the young to be self-dependent and get away from too much stress.