Do With The Kids This Summer? Put Em To Work Summary

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As our lives in the modern world evolve technologically, not as many people have to worry about physical work. Rising concerns among parents with children who solely rely on technology as their solution to everyday problems originally fought by rigorous labor. Ben Sasse is one of the most worried individuals who is fighting for change. In his essay, “What to Do with the Kids This Summer? Put ‘Em to Work”, he uses evidence, personal experience, and predictability to persuade his adult audience to step up and make a change for their children. Sasse’s argument is a powerful source of advice that can be taken to ensure successful children's futures, like mine. The younger the children are, the more they disagree with Sasse’s argument. Since his …show more content…

Sasse puts his first sighting here, “Over and over, faculty members and administrators noted how their students’ limited experience with hard work made them oddly fuzzy-headed when facing real-world problems rather than classroom tests.” Children’s knowledge should not only be directed upon education but also be equally split among other issues with the same significance. I see this as a very accurate representation of personal experience. Additionally to his reference, Sasse asks a question that sparked many parent’s attention, “What is the modern equivalent of detasseling corn?” This made many parents look closer at their children’s lifestyles and compare them to theirs when they were their children’s age. Sasse’s goal was to make us realize the issues with our lifestyles now, and making this analogy pointed out heavily. One of the main arguments Sasse had was, “Done right, adolescence is a greenhouse phase, but adolescence should not be an escape from adulthood; it should be when we learn how to become adults.” This powerful statement put me and others into a state of …show more content…

This brings us to today where all these adolescents do not know how to do actual work outside of school due to the relaxation they take for granted. Even with Sasse’s powerful arguments and statements, some things are a sign of biased opinion that neglects the parent’s efforts. One of these opinions is, “Our efforts to protect our kids from hurt feelings, tedious chores, money worries, and the like are well-intentioned.” This does not apply to all parents or guardians that raise their children. There is a lack of evidence to illustrate that all parents guide their children this way, making this a disagreeable statement discouraging parents who assume they are doing the right thing. A controversial line by Sasse was, “Parents, on the whole, had fewer household labor needs and could afford to spare their kids the less pleasant experiences of their own childhoods.” Many parents with these experiences still push their children to experience the same situations they did. Not all parents decide to let their kids, in a way, slack around. Many nowadays still push their children even if their attitude does not show in specific

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