Nowadays, a lot of freshmen are escorted by their families to the university on the enrollment day. Write a 300-word expository essay expressing your views on the phenomenon.
SAMPLE WRITING:
 COMMENT ON PARENTS’ OVERPROTECTION OF CHILDREN 
          IN RECENT YEARS, THE PHENOMENON THAT MANY PARENTS CHOOSE TO ESCORT THEIR CHILDREN TO COLLEGES HAS TRIGGERED A HOT DISCUSSION AMONG PUBLIC. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES TO DEVELOP WITHOUT CURBS, IT MAY LEAD TO MANY UNEXPECTED CONSEQUENCES. THEREFORE, SEEKING THE CAUSES OF IT AND FINDING OUT THE SOLUTIONS SHOULD BE OUR TOP CONCERN.
        DOZENS OF REASONS MAY EXPLAIN THE EMERGENCE OF THE PHENOMENON, AND I WILL EXPLORE THE MOST OBVIOUS ONES HERE. FIRST OF ALL, MOST OF CHINESE FAMILIES HAVE ONLY ONE CHILD, WHICH LEADS TO THE FACT THAT THE CHILD BECOMES THE APPLE IN THEIR PARENTS’ EYES. PARENTS TEND TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN ALL THE TIME, IGNORING THE FACT THAT THEIR CHILDREN HAVE ALREADY BECOME GROWN-UPS. SECONDLY, BEING ACCUSTOMED TO THE PROTECTION FROM PARENTS, MOST CHILDREN ARE AFRAID OF OR INCAPABLE OF DOING THINGS INDEPENDENTLY, WHICH MAY ALSO EXPLAIN THE POPULARITY OF THIS PHENOMENON. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, PARENTS ESCORTING THEIR CHILDREN TO COLLEGE IS CLOSELY RELATED TO THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT OF CHINA WHERE CHILDREN ARE LESS MATURE THAN THEIR EUROPEAN COUNTERPARTS EVEN WHEN THEY REACH THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN.
        THERE ARE SOME ADVICE AS FOLLOWS WHICH CAN BE GIVEN TO THE PARENTS AND CHILDREN TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION. ON THE ONE HAND, PARENTS SHOULD CHANGE THEIR PARENTING STYLES, ADMITTING THE FACT THAT THEIR CHILDREN WILL BE MATURE ONE DAY AND NEED TO ACHIEVE THE INDEPENDENCE. ON THE OTHER HAND, CHILDREN SHOULD KEEP ONE THING IN MIND THAT THE PATH OF GROWTH IS FULL OF CHALLENGES AND THE CHALLENGES WILL MAKE YOU STRONGER. OVERCOME THEM INDEPENDENTLY AND YOU WILL BENEFIT A LOT FROM IT. THE WORLD WILL BE A BETTER PLACE IF WE MAKE JOINT EFFORTS TO PUT AN END TO THE SITUATION.
