Is It Tough Being A Kid Analysis

In the article, “What’s it like to be a kid in the White House? Kids have a lot of ideas,” by Caitlin Gibson, children were asked their thoughts about what they think it might be like living in the White House. As well as inform the reader with some of the advantages and disadvantages of being a first child. In the article, “Is it tough being a kid? Try being a president’s kid,” by Darlene Superville, it shows the hardships the president’s children encounter when they appear in the public eye. While both articles give facts, I believe “Is it tough being a kid? Try being a president’s kid,” is a more accurate portrayal of life as a president’s kid. The majority of children think there are only perks to living in the White House; throwing big parties, decorating their new bedroom, and getting whatever they want, whenever they want it, but what the children
In the article, the current first child, Barron Trump, receives numerous hateful messages via social media. As it states in the article, “Ten year- old Barron was the target of a poorly received joke tweeted by a ‘Saturday Night Live’ writer on Jan. 20 as the new first family reveled in Inauguration Day events. Separately in Chicago, comedian Shannon Noll played the title character in ‘Barron Trump: Up Past Bedtime,’ which had a recent run at a theater in Hyde Park” (Superville 1). This article portrays what is said to these innocent children. They get pointed out on everything they do if they are not on their “best behavior.” Furthermore, children believe the first children receive everything they envision as shown in the first article when it states, “‘A king- size bed, and a soft- serve ice cream machine’ says Walker Woodward” (Gibson 2). While this shows that people think the first children acquire whatever they what, do they seem to be living it up with all the pressure and comments that come along with it? I would argue that their life is considerably tougher than the average person