Essay Writing Prompt: How much freedom and supervision should parents give their children? Are parents today too overprotective? Or is “free range” parenting a kind of neglect? Explain why. Write an argumentative essay, backing it up with textual details from the articles: “Are Modern Kids Coddled?” (Newsweek) and “Kids Solo Playtime” (NPR). Also refer to our class text, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.
Resources Online:
- “How much risk is good for kids? Parents make case for more adventurous childhoods” (NBC News)
- “Motherhood in the Age of Fear” (NYTimes)
- “Are Modern Kids Coddled?” (Newsweek)
- “Kids Solo Playtime” (NPR)
- “Maryland couple practicing “free-range parenting” investigated for neglect” (CBS News)
- Free-Range Kids
- “Free-range” parents cleared in 2nd child-neglect case (USA Today)
- ‘Free-range parenting’ advocate wages war against the belief that our kids are in constant danger (Raw Story)
- Maryland Officials: CPS Shouldn’t Interfere with ‘Free Range’ Kids (Parenting)
- Free-range kids: the upsides of relaxed parenting (San Jose Mercury News)
- Raising Risk-Takers: An Upside of Free-Range Parenting? (Huffington Post)
- American parenting has been misguided for decades — but one state is finally turning for the better (Business Insider)
- Free Range Parents Danielle and Alexander Meitiv Need to Stop Fighting and Put Kids’ Safety First (Huffington Post)
- Free Range Parenting: The Key Is Balance (Huffington Post)
- Used To Be (Huffington Post)
Writing Process:
- Persuasion Map (readwritethink)
- Parenting Essay Criteria and Tree Map
- Paperrater
- Hemingwayapp
- Grammarly
