Leslie Garrett’s article, “You Can Do It, Baby!,” conveys that parents and teachers are working against children when it comes to their futures. The article concentrates on the premise that our parents tell us that ‘We can be anything we want to be.’ It is told from the view of twelve-year-old Gwenyth and her reaction to be told that she can be anything when in reality she can’t. The author believes that we are causing more long-term negative effects on our children by telling them that they can be anything they want and that is causing our children to consider themselves failures. Garrett claims that adult’s shouldn’t be telling children that they can be anything because it is not true. This causes children to have a sense of entitlement and
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Garrett provides a wide range of studies that all come too similar conclusions. These conclusions relate that by telling your children that they ‘can be anything they want to be’ can cause more long-term negative effects than positive ones. She proves this conclusion in multiple studies and survey’s that have shown substantial instances with individuals being “not engaged,” “dissatisfied,” and “ disappointed.” Garrett presents a 2012 survey from LinkedIn in which the results show “that roughly one in three adults are working at their ‘dream job’, which means that two in three are not.” Garrett also presents ‘Deloitte’s 2010 Shift Index’ which indicates that workers who are dissatisfied with their jobs reached 80 percent. As of 2013, that number had jumped nine percent to 89 percent or dissatisfied …show more content…
Parents, adults, and teacher have been working against our children unknowingly for a while and Garrett is hoping with this article to influence/teach us that we need to be more careful with the way that we communicate with our children about their futures. We have been telling our children that they can be anything they want to be but in reality, it is not possible. Garrett provides the audience with multiple reasons as to why we shouldn’t tell our children that anything is possible. Garrett proves her claim through the use of research, references, and statements from
Garrett provides a wide range of studies that all come too similar conclusions. These conclusions relate that by telling your children that they ‘can be anything they want to be’ can cause more long-term negative effects than positive ones. She proves this conclusion in multiple studies and survey’s that have shown substantial instances with individuals being “not engaged,” “dissatisfied,” and “ disappointed.” Garrett presents a 2012 survey from LinkedIn in which the results show “that roughly one in three adults are working at their ‘dream job’, which means that two in three are not.” Garrett also presents ‘Deloitte’s 2010 Shift Index’ which indicates that workers who are dissatisfied with their jobs reached 80 percent. As of 2013, that number had jumped nine percent to 89 percent or dissatisfied …show more content…
Parents, adults, and teacher have been working against our children unknowingly for a while and Garrett is hoping with this article to influence/teach us that we need to be more careful with the way that we communicate with our children about their futures. We have been telling our children that they can be anything they want to be but in reality, it is not possible. Garrett provides the audience with multiple reasons as to why we shouldn’t tell our children that anything is possible. Garrett proves her claim through the use of research, references, and statements from