Should parents allow their children to make mistakes and let them learn from their own mistakes? It has never been easy for parents to raise children since parents need to spend a lot of time, energy, and money raising their children. Besides that, being wise is also an important quality of a good parent. Sometimes, people argue that whether or not parents should allow children to make mistakes and let them learn from what they have done. As far as I am concerned, I agree that parents should do such things. Firstly, allowing children to make mistakes and letting them learn from mistakes are important for children to build up confidence and develop the ability of self-reflection. Just as Dr. Lao said, a famous Chinese educator in our time, as quoted as, "If you cannot make mistakes, you cannot make anything." My best friend Jerry, who speaks English almost as well as native speakers do, gets 120 in TOEFL and becomes an instructor in Boston University. When was asked how he learned English, he told me that when he was a little boy, his parents encouraged him to speak English as frequently as possible. Sometimes, he made a lot of mistakes, but his parents never threw cold water on him. They just let him try again. It was Jerry's parents' encouragement that made him crazy about English and never be afraid of making mistakes. That's why his English is so good. Besides Jerry, a lot of my friends have shared me with similar stories. Being not afraid of making mistakes and learning from the mistakes enable my friends to be confident and practice over and over again. That's how they make their dreams come true. Secondly, making mistakes is an effective way for children to learn. Sometimes, parents are more likely to ask children not do this or not do that. In fact, their words just go in one ear and out the other. Take me for example. When I was a little girl, I was a big fan of Happy Camp, a famous TV program in China. Every day, after I went home from school, the first thing I did was turning on the TV and watching the show. My parents warned me, for thousands of times, that if I was so addicted to TV program without self-discipline that I would fail in my final exams. I never listened to them. When they finally found their words did not work for me, they just let me do whatever I want. Unsurprisingly, I did fail in the finals. I was very upset, but I knew that I could not blame anyone but myself. What I have learnt from this mistake was that figuring out what is top priority for me is a basis of spending time wisely.