AHMAD AFIQ SALAM BIN MEZLAN 2013509529

A CRITICAL ANALYSIS BASED ON THE GIVEN ARTICLE.

Based on the given article, a sentence The importance of a mother in raising a
successful child would fit perfectly as the main implied idea of the article. It is
noted that the author, Bonnie Fellhoelter comes out with the issue of whether the
role of the stay at home mother should be restored in order to raise the children
with better morals. She argues stay at home mother is better than working one in
order to raise productive children and the children should not be left to the day
care as this situation will lead to forfeiture of new generations morals and
values. The authors purpose is clearly noticed as she appears to persuade the
intended audience which is specifically parents.
She starts her case by claiming the mother has been viewed as the one who
stays at home and raises the children. However, the role of a mother is
subsequently redefined by society as the one who is important in the workforce.
Later on, she demonstrates her attitude to be concerned and serious by stating
that the absence of mother in home will lead to decline of family unit and thus,
society.. With respect to that matter, the author is in favour of the idea of the stay
at home mother by presenting her view on the matter by pointing out the claim
made by Sibyl Niemann as well as a survey made by Public Agenda.
She bases on her argument based on the assumption that mothers individual
care is capable of developing children with good morals as the maternal care can
restrain the violent in day care centers. The author also strengthens her
argument by presenting a strong support which based on research made by the
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) which reports
that kids in non-maternal care tend to be associated with bad qualities. The
support given is directly relevant to the argument as it relates directly to clarify
the authors argument. Moreover, it is objective as it comes from external source.
In delivering the argument in her case, the author has showed a neutral manner
by making a subsequent point which states that note all children in daycare grow
up to be aggressive and unproductive adults. In addition, the author also makes a
second argument, claiming many women in work force do a fine job of balancing
their jobs with raising successful children. These points balance up the argument

that has been made earlier by the author. She treats the case fairly without
demonstrating any form of bias attitude.
The latter claim may be correct, but it is lack of validity as there is no external
support, for example any kind of research finding offered to back the claim.
Therefore, the claim appears to be the authors opinion. For example, the phrase
in paragraph 7, Even though many women in the work find rising children to be
very difficult task, they do a fine job of balancing their jobs with rising children is
an example of argument she conveyed without any strong support associated.
By and large, the author appears to be inductive in her reasoning, as she
provides all the specific support to why stays at home mother is better in raising
successful children and she attempts to generalize. For instance, she claims that
to return society with good morals and values, the importance of the role of stay
at home mother should be restored. Paragraph 2 presents an example of
inductive reasoning.
In summary, the authors first and second argument appears to contradict each
other, thus, weakening the authors stand that stay at home mother is better to
raise successful children. However, she managed to show some validity and
credibility in her earlier claims, and her overall arguments neither show any bias
nor prejudice. She tends to be neutral in her overall case.

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