1. Letting Kids Fail? Avoid over parenting By: Julie Tilsner
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2. Theme Learning a lesson okay to fail parents need to allow this
kids only get stronger

3. Logical Appeal 1 Australian study surveyed 100 counselors
90% saw overparenting
examples

4. Logical Appeal 2 Overparenting Two types Helicopter parents
Lawnmower parents

5. Logical Appeal 3 Dr. Spock
one of the standard western notions of good parenting
“High Responsiveness”
“High Demandingness”

6. Emotional Appeal 1 Restrictive, Overprotective Quote
Parents stepping in on situations causes more harm for kids
Parents misguided
Parents use swoop in and save technique

7. Emotional Appeal 2 Responsibility Quote
Parents take responsibility for kids
Not letting kids fail causes kids not to exercise problem solving skills
Failure helps make resilient kids

8. Emotional Appeal 3 Failure Quote You have to fail to succeed
Parents set kids back
Parents decrease opportunity for kids to learn

9. Ways the Author Creates Credibility
Using personal experiences
Facts and statistics
Stories about overparenting

10. How the Structure the Author Chose Affects the Argument
Starts with a personal story
Why is it so hard to let kids stumble
Our precious kids, our overprotective selves
Why a little failure is good for kids
How to let kids fall (without trying to pick them up)

11. How effective the Author’s Choices Are for the Point They Are Trying to Make
Strong arguments towards overparenting
Over parenting causes “failure”
Kids become more reliant on parents
Don’t know how to handle losing
Personal story
Uses variety of sources to express opinion