Double Daddy Penny Parker Analysis

Parenting can be the most influential role that people have in their entire lives. With that being said, parents can influence their children in many ways, which can in turn affect them positively, negatively, or both. There are various styles of raising a child, which are unique to each family; regardless of the parenting style, children are hugely impacted by everything their parents do. Even with the hardships that parenting brings, it can often yield successful results. In order to raise their children, parents make sacrifices. In the newspaper article “Double Daddy” by Penny Parker, it is stated that many dads “go to work before dawn, or take work home” (22). Dads make many sacrifices so they can be with their kids more. These include getting up early or staying up late. Even though it’s hard, it’s so they can be there for their children. Also in the article “Double Daddy,” a group …show more content…
An example of this is in “Two Kinds,” a short story by Amy Tan, when Jing Mei is reading through old piano music. She finds that the pieces “Pleading Child” and “Perfectly Contented” were “two halves of the same song” (107). In “Two Kinds,” Jing Mei undergoes a drastic transformation. She transitions from being a discontent child unsure of her identity, to finding herself in later years and becoming an independent woman. In “Two Kinds,” Jing Mei recalls how her mother believed that Jing Mei had the ability to be anything she wanted; her mother told her, “‘of course you can be a prodigy’” (99). It is clear that Jing Mei has her mother’s full support. Her mother believes in her abilities, even if Jing Mei chooses to use them for things that aren’t Jing Mei’s first choice. Even with the difficulties that parenting Jing Mei brought, in the end she was able to become independent as a result of her mother’s