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Journal Assignment-**Due May 23rd** Read "Where Have All the Parents Gone" by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead.

Answer the following three questions. Remember to make each answer at least a paragraph in length. Do not borrow any of the author's words unless you put quotations around every single word.

1. What are some of the positive effects of parenting that Dafoe Whitehead discusses? What are some of the negative effects?

2. Describe in your own words what she means by "kids as capital." What is your opinion of this concept? Do you think it exists today? Give specific reasons to explain your answer.

3. What does Dafoe Whitehead blame parents for? Do you agree with her?