About My Kid
The writer of this article is a mother writing about
her son. She begins by saying how she has given parents advice about letting
their children make their own decisions, but as it turns out she can’t take her
own advice. She describes how she can only allow her son to be himself when
being himself is being what she wants. She gives the reader a background of her
own childhood. She was raised by teachers, always did well in school, and not
going to college wasn’t an option.
She writes about all the “good parenting” things she
did for her son since birth. She played classical music, put him in sports,
raised him in a nice community etc. But,
despite all the things she did for her son, as he grew older he still wasn’t
the ideal student. He couldn’t stay focused in class; he wasn’t organized, and
didn’t do his homework. Her son decided he wanted to be enrolled in a career
center. Her reaction was to try and change him. She didn’t want her son to work
at a dead end job for the rest of his life. She wanted him to be more like her
and go to college and get an education. But, she realized despite weather she
thought he was making the right decision or not it was the right decision for
him.
I really enjoyed reading this article. The writer
started with the first paragraph giving a basic idea of what the article was
about, letting your children make their own decisions. I liked that writing
technique it lets the writer know what they’re about to read. Then, it gave a
background of the writer’s life. Giving the reader this information helps them
understand why she reacts the way she does about her sons education. Then, it
tells the story about her son, starting when he is a baby to now. I like how in
a few sentences she can summarize all the things she has done as a “good parent”.
It isn’t too long so it didn’t steer off from the main idea, but gave enough
information to understand his background. I really enjoyed the closing
sentences “Let me tell you one more thing about my son: if your plane crashed
on a deserted island and you needed to survive, you would be lucky to have him
there. Maybe that’s all I really need to know.” Those sentences tell you no
matter what she is proud of her son.
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