Argumentative Essay On Freakonomics By Stephen J Dubner

“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.” ― Benjamin Spock.“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” ― James Baldwin.Many parents worry that they are not good enough to raise a child. In the book freakonomics, by steven d levitt and stephen j dubner, there are many philosophy on what makes a good parents. There were two sided explored in what make a good and or bad parent. Both the arguments presented by levitt and those to which he alludes in the chapter as coming from experts give their outlook on what parents should do when parenting. There is many conventional wisdom on what good parenting is. Fear plays a significant part in being a parent and some cases
“...children are powerfully shaped by their external environment...the streets we walk down and the people we encounter-play a huge role in shaping who we are and how we act...they suggest that it is possible to be a better person on a clean street or in a clean subway than in one littered with trash and graffiti,”(tipping point 168). Levitt’s example of the environment being positive is the white boy family. A good parent shows love, compassion, discipline when they do wrong, respect, acts a a role model showing them right from wrong, keeping that child focus on the good in his environment and if bad; why he should strive to get out. If the environment is a mess then people are more likely to become affiliated with the wrong things and become criminals. Levitt gives an example of a black boy’s life. The boy's father abused him and he ends up having to take care of himself at a young age; working the streets and becoming a criminal because of his father action and parenting skills. This story of the black boy tells that bad parent neglects there baby, does criminal activity in front of that child, shows no discipline nor any lesson from right or wrong that child will be more likely to live a criminal