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How to write an article about parenting
- 06-22-2011
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Guest blog by Alfie Kohn/Washington Post
1. To maximize the chance of getting your article published, be careful to make exactly the same argument that shows up in every other article on the topic. It sounds like this: “Parents today refuse to set limits for their children. Instead of disciplining them, they coddle and dote and shield them from frustration in order to protect their self-esteem. The result: a whole generation of undisciplined narcissists with a sense of entitlement that will eventually crash into the unforgiving real world.” With enough padding, you can easily expand that 50-word summary into a lengthy essay without adding anything much of substance -- and without saying anything that hasn’t already been said in umpteen other articles[1] and books[2]. 2. Interview and quote only the carefully selected parenting authors who accept this thesis and will restate it for you. (more...)
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