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Then why write it at all? The entire piece is structured as a piece to inform. It's not written as a piece to entertain -- That structure would include things
by mkautzm 10y ago
Then why write it at all?
The entire piece is structured as a piece to inform. It's not written as a piece to entertain -- That structure would include things like anecdotes, stories, little events that happened that reinforce or express a point, e.g. "This one time Sam really did a bad job fixing his car and...".
The piece is clearly a piece to inform. Yes, he acknowledges his affluence at the very beginning, but that doesn't mean he's aware of what a 'normal' income is and the problems and struggles that entails or his circumstance is wildly different than that of the average family.
- s_m_t 10y agoMaybe they are writing it for other affluent families? Plenty of affluent families manage to mess up raising their kids, this one seemed to do something right.
- madmaniak 10y agoThat's how I see it.
- dongslol 10y agoLots of affluent people still raise kids badly. Being affluent is a necessary but not sufficient condition of what the author describes, and that seems to me the gap the article is trying to span.