Daniel S. Nieto's Aiding The Single Father

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Family is the best thing that you could ever wish for. They are there for you, o the ups and downs of your life and will love you no matter what happens. It is difficult for a person, especially teenagers to live without a family. It has a great influence in our life even though it is considered the smallest unit in a community; it is the one who molds us to a better person. But as time is passing, many changes are occurring in the family. The number of families having single parents is increasing, because families are getting broken. Single parents are faced with many trials, along with the problems in financial, emotional and social aspects. In this article, the writer first sets the stage by describing a specific scenario of aiding the single …show more content…

Nieto Ph.D. is Director Community Action Division, City of Austin, and Adjunct Professor of Human Services St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas, and a privately practicing psychotherapist. Daniel S. Nieto begins building his credibility with personal facts and reputable sources, where he cited convincing facts and successfully employing emotional appeals. Meanwhile towards the end of the article, his attempts to appeal to readers’ feelings weakened his credibility. Thus his argument was also weakened. This issue which is based on the author’s own impressions and perceptions as a single father and his lengthy informal discussions with others in similar circumstances support cope with demands. This research was done in a social worker community and was peer reviewed. Throughout his piece, Nieto uses many strong sources that strengthen his credibility and appeal to ethos, as well as to build his argument. These sources include: “Robert S. Weiss, Going It Alone: The Family Life and Social Situation of the Single Parent (New York: Basic Books, 1979), Ken Lewis, Single Father Families: Who They Are and How They Fare, Child Welfare, 57 (December 1978) and many others…” Citing these sources boosts Nieto’s credibility by showing that he did his work based on facts and statistics, as well as expert opinions to support his …show more content…

Norton and Glick suggest that continued acceleration of the growth rate for this group may not be inevitable, but they agree that the population under consideration is one clearly in need of social science scrutiny.” These statistics are a few of many that logically support his claim about single father parenthood and how it is increasing nowadays. The details and numbers build an appeal to logos and impress upon the reader that this is a problem worth

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