The Adoration Of Jenna Fox Persuasive Analysis

Reuven and Danny, like Abby and I, experience contrasting parenting styles through religion, education, and daily rituals, yet we all grow up into competent, full functioning young adults. Therefore, no “perfect” parent exists. The old African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child” rings true in Potok’s The Chosen and in real life. Children learn from

In addition to the Director of Admissions, I would invite Edna Pontellier, protagonist of Kate Chopin’s novel “The Awakening,” Henry David Thoreau for his work “Where I Lived and What I Lived For” in “Walden,” and Sally K. Ride. I would invite these people because I think they’d all have profound, original thoughts to offer in conversation, and I think it’d be especially interesting because they would probably have conflicting ideas.

In the Ted Talk “We should aim for perfection- and stop fearing failure”, Jon Bowers outlines his argument for perfection. He begins by giving an example of a “small error” that ended up costing Amazon over $160 million dollars. He then lists more examples draws them forward to present his idea of perfection. The examples show how one tiny error can have an enormous impact and he turns to the audience asking “why we cannot achieve perfection?”. He draws the listeners in by giving personal experience in striving for perfection. “Look, a hundred people die everyday due to vehicular crashes. Think about that for a second. That's like the equivalent of four commercial airliners crashing every week, yet we still can't convince ourselves to pay perfect attention behind the wheel. So I teach my drivers to value perfection”. Jon is an educator for professional delivery drivers and has to ensure that they are prepared to handle any and every situation possible.

While the previous ethical dilemma is more cut and dry, Sandel also grapples with the morality of futuristic technology that can engineer children to be a product of their parents’ will. Sandel mentions the Gattaca scenario, of a society that can remove any malignant gene from an embryo, creating perfectly healthy children with greater potential physically and mentally. Gattaca focuses on ethical issues such as the polarization of society between the genetically enhanced and the naturally normal, and the value of human individuality; however, Sandel chooses to focus on the morality of engineered progeny in terms of personal relationships (Philosophical Films, 1997). Sandel suggests that parent creating children exactly how they want them to be is immoral because it turns children into an object of man’s will, rather than a gift of life. If a child turned out exactly how a parent wanted it to, the experience of raising a child would be irrevocably altered. Normally parents have children with inevitable shortcomings, but this is good for two reasons; it teaches the parents humility and unconditional love for their child no matter what shortcomings they have, and it emphasizes the talents the child may have, allowing parents to appreciate the natural gifts and talents that the child is endowed with. If a parent engineers the perfect child, they never develop empathy for their child and unconditional love in undermined. If the child is perfect in all aspects,

Nature vs. nurture is a well known argument that is often discussed by many psychologists, philosophers, and even everyday people. It raises the question on whether individual identity is shaped through biological factors, social factors, or if it is affected by both factors. Moreover, this argument delves into the territories of vertical and horizontal identities as well. A vertical identity includes the biological and social factors inherited from parents, while a horizontal identity consists of biological and social forces that are not inherited from the parents and therefore make the individual different. These two forms of identities are primarily constricted within a family point of view. A child exhibits either vertical or horizontal identities based on the identities expressed by his or her parents. These vertical identities that a child exhibits, are supported and nurtured by the parents, while the horizontal identities that the child has are constantly being “corrected” and “fixed”. Society also plays a major role in the nurturing of both vertical and horizontal identities. Based on the environment that the individual will be raised in, an individual’s identity will either flourish and grow, or dwindle and be hidden behind a persona that the individual puts on to please the public. This dance performed between nature and nurture is examined by Karen Ho in her essay “Biographies of Hegemony”, in Susan Faludi’s essay “The Naked Citadel”, and Andrew Solomon’s essay

Because some parents feel they should take extra measures in protecting their child from certain diseases and possible defects, designing a kid’s physical aspects and traits would become one more option for parents to worry about. No one knows where parents will stop when it comes to the choice of designing their child. People might, eventually, have access to determining their child’s IQ level, as well as special talents and interests. Many people who believe in God, also believe that He determines a child’s sex, race, genetic traits, and characteristics.

The Case Against Perfection explains how researchers are finding ways to manipulate and alter genes. Technology that can enhance our muscles, memories, and moods; also to alter to genic traits of our children such as sex and height. As time goes on, we as humans are finding many ways to live longer and healthier lives. If the gene engineering technology really gets to the point where there would be little to no side effects it; it could really help mankind. This technology should be only allowed to be used for curing and healing medically related topics, not to create genetic enhancements. Parents given the option to choose different characteristics of their children could accept and deny different aspects of genetics. Although, they could elimination bad genes such as cancers, mental illnesses, different abnormalities and disabilities. It seems unnatural to “design” our future children. For parents that want to “design” their children, they are taking away the normalcy of the children’s right to develop into their own person. Choosing traits to enhance the child’s physical development could point their children in certain directions such as athletics or modeling careers. This example shows that choosing to enhance this traits, threatens their capacities to act freely and to succeed in their own efforts. Designer babies should not be unregulated. The strive for creating perfection in a child would get out of hand if no lines or boundaries were drawn. Creating our children to be born with excellence and talents takes away the learning to reach for goals and appreciation of building those talents for nothing. I have my daughter and if the designer baby technology was going on before I had her. I would not alter her. I have different heredity disabilities that run in my family. Sometimes I get scare to know that I could pass these genes on to my offspring and given the change to eliminate them, well, I just might take it. But I am also a strong believer that

When a child is brought upon this world, it is the duty for both the mother and the father of the child to fulfill the dreams the child wishes to achieve when growing up and experiencing life. The dream for that child may be to become a singer, a writer, or what most children desire to be, a princess or a super hero. The dream soon fades when a parent decides it’s best to choose their actions, more specifically their future. Parents who choose certain ideas, hobbies, and sports for their child result in over parenting; thus, a child begins to experience punishment. Sever punishments are forced on children due to not exceeding the expectations of their parents. Most punishments on children with strict parents are due to the lack of encouragement.

The physician who treats the sick child is often the one to start the process by informing the parents of the option to create a savior sibling that could save their child. The main responsibility of the physician is to promote the wellness of the ill child, but when suggesting a method including a savior sibling, the doctor should also keep the health of the future child in mind. The next participants to be discussed are the parents who represent the utilitarian theory of ethics. This theory supports the idea of the suffering of the few for the good of the many. The parents often believe that by creating a savior sibling, they save their child’s life and also bring another loved child into their family, therefore benefiting the many. In terms of fairness, it is the parents’ responsibility to treat each of their children the same and creating another child as the means to an end can also be viewed as commodification. An argument to this is that the parents often only plan on letting the created child undergo ‘harmless’ procedures so that they can have two healthy children instead of one sick and suffering

To have the opportunity to create a child that is considered perfect, by choosing the child’s attributes such as eye color, physical appearance, and level of intelligence seems like a great idea. After all parents have the opportunity to utilize genetic technology to create a child that will be superb amongst the human race. The problem that arises from this use of genetic technology is if it can be done morally responsible. What must be looked at is not only how the use of genetic technology can be used, but the effects that this use of this technology can have on

The “designer baby” concept is controversial because of the moral platform the term falls on and the ethical dilemmas it brings. There are many debates surrounding the advantages and the disadvantages for the creation of ‘designer babies’. One of the main benefits is the possibility of lowering the risk of certain inherited medical conditions and genetic diseases being passed on. These include Down Syndrome, Alzheimer’s, obesity, cancer, anemia and many others. On the contrary, it highlights challenges and issues with the child’s identity, and the societal divide and impact on civilization.

The birth of my first child remains a vivid memory. As my wife and I returned home with our newborn baby, reality hit: this child will require attention, education, guidance, and instruction. But this instruction has a specific goal: to help the child become an independent, productive, and moral adult. Childhood is a preparation process and parents are instructors for the child with a limited scope in time. In this document will argue that the parent-child relationship serves as an model of what the Mosaic Law is to the modern Christian: an important but temporary guiding institution for God’s people, replaced by a better and fuller measure of grace: the rule of love in Christ. This view has been labeled “redemptive-historical

One of the common myths of becoming a parent is that “good parents are perfect people who have their lives completely figured out”. This is a myth because parents are human beings and no one is perfect, for we tend to make a lot of mistakes as human beings. For instance, a person with five kids is still not consider to be prepared or perfect just because they’ve had experience, they often find themselves making mistakes still but it’s how they recover from the mistake and take it as a lesson learned that not only makes them a well-rounded individual but a suitable parent.

Imagine a world where parental expectations did not exist for children entirely. Should they really be in place? While some people may argue that parental expectations may be too much pressure for offspring, they usually keep children’s behavior rational, have an impact on their children and their future, and goals are usually a source of motivation to do better. First, the reason parental expectation is set in place, to begin with, is to regulate children and their actions. Second of all, having certain achievements to meet has a significant impact on children and their future. Lastly, the need to meet accomplishments set forth by the head(s) of the family serve as a way to improve on one’s self for children. For these reasons, parental expectations should be made.

Parental discipline is the method taken to ensure a straightened path of children, however, various techniques practiced by parents are questionable to whether they will fulfill the ambition to produce a qualified child. Although numerous parents exhibit their own unique means of discipline, it is the most logical option to develop children based on moral sense. Therefore, biblical representation fits securely into parenting.