Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, is book that not your typical economist would write it was co-authored in 2005 and if morality represents how we would like the world to work, then economics represent how it actually does work in this award-winning book. Steven D. Levitt is a not your typical economist. He is a much-heralded scholar who studies the riddles of everyday life- from cheating and crime to sports and child rearing and whose conclusions turn the conventional wisdom on its head (freakonomics.com). Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author and journalist (freakonomics.com). These two authors team up to create a very insightful groundbreaking collaboration. They set out to to explore…
In the November 2015 Ted Talk, Julie Lythcott-Haims spoke on how to raise a successful kid without over parenting. She listed two type of parenting styles that can impede a child’s development. The obvious one, a parent who isn’t involved in their child’s life, education, and upbringing. The other one is called a helicopter parent, which is a parent who is too involved in their child’s life, education, and upbringing. In her ted talk she eludes the best parent is one that sits in the middle of this spectrum. Haims also explains what a helicopter parent is, a parent that makes sure that their kid is in the right school with the right classes and right grades. They also make sure that their kids have the right achievements and accolades, filling…
Freakonomics chapters two, three, and five intrigued me the most due to the chapter titles. In chapter two, the authors discuss the title question of the chapter, “How is The Ku Klux Klan Like a Group of Real-Estate Agents.” How does the world relate to one another, and how are groups the same in an information asymmetry aspect. In chapter three, the authors discuss the title question of the chapter “Why do Drug Dealers Still Live with Their Moms”, are drug dealers more likely to live with their mom, or how does the lifestyle impact the actual person. In chapter five, the authors discuss the title “What Makes a Perfect Parent” what makes a parent perfect,…
Judith Warner writes an article about a particular parenting practice called “Helicopter Parenting Turns Deadly.” Judith Warner has received a bachelor’s degree from Brown University and a master’s degree from Columbia. The article brings attention to helicopter parenting and the effects it has on our children through examples and Rosalind Wiseman’s, an author and traveling counselor of parents, teachers and teens, first-hand accounts of helicopter parenting and observations of parents.…
Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner wrote one of the bestselling novels titled Freakonomics. This novel was not only a bestselling novel, but it revolutionized the way people think and make decisions. This book provides many concepts and real life events that have taken place in America, and have shaped the way people are today because of it. A huge part of this book is all about the study of parenting and the effects that it can have. The novel discusses how Roe Vs. Wade has affected parenting and how children act, how certain influences can affect children and how they act, and how a child’s name means so much more than what meets eye. Many ideas that are brought up in Levitt’s and Dubner’s are extremely important on the topic of what it means to be a parent.…
Throughout the Freakonomics there is a lot of juxtaposition how both of the authors use completely different things that are related like what do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common also how is the klu klux klan like a group of real-estate agents and finally how does a white name and a black name change the way people look at you before seeing you in person.Freakonomics provides you with real life examples of incentives and how they affect human behavior. Freakonomics shows you how everyday situations, purchases, and decisions affect the economy, and how humans are tempted to participate in different activities because of incentives.…
predicted and used to stimulate or punish people, but like in the “Daycare Dilemma,” are…
conventional wisdom: body of ideas or explanations generally accepted as true by the public or by experts in a field…
Erin Zammett Ruddy wrote the article “The New Laid-Back Parenting” where she identifies whether a parent can exercise laid-back parenting efficiently in a hover-parenting culture and not take it to the extent of neglect. Practicing laid-back parenting has its challenges where it is tempting for the parent to snap back into an overly involved mode. Some people who do not practice the laid-back parenting method may frown upon it. The author presents an interesting perspective on how the use of a less hovering approach to parenting allows a child to be independent, confident and resourceful individuals in the future.…
The concerned parent attempts to provide all that is needed for their children to grow and developed into acceptable, productive members of society. The nurturance can sometimes become challenging and even gruesome as together, child and parents, travel through the stages of development. Kail and Cavanaugh (2010), describes two dimensions of parenting. The first dimension relates to the amount of affection and concern presented by the parent (warmth). They are genuine in displaying loving care at one end of the spectrum. They integrate into every aspect of their child’s life from a warm and caring perspective. The other end of the spectrum presents the opposite scenario. At this end there is little or no display of warmth and affection. These parents are too busy doing for themselves with no regards to what is happening as their children proceed through the stages of development. They are mostly not involved in their child’s lives. The second dimension (control) involves what can be described as either a dictatorship or freelance. Control is the key element (or the lack of). The controlling parent is one who dictates everything their child does; little or no autonomy is given. There is, on the other end of this spectrum, those parents who allow their child to make their own decision with no need to ask them or worry about any consequences from the choices they make in life (Kail & Cavanaugh, 2010). This paper will address the various parenting styles and the social, emotional developmental aspects associated with each concerning the development of a 10 year old.…
My summary response paper is going to be based off the essay “No Escape from Helicopter parents” by Felix Carroll. I choose this essay, because I had four questions about helicopter parents. Are my parent’s helicopter parents, or just showing their love and support? Why do some parents think they need to hover over their children? Do the parents realize they are hovering over their children? Finally, my last question is, does the kids or teens like helicopter parents? I would believe that I’m not the only teen to ask these questions. Carroll reveals these questions, and more in his essay.…
“Incentives are the cornerstone of modern life”(Levitt and Dubner 12). Levitt and Dubner once mentioned in their book “Freakonomics”. According to Oxford dictionary, incentives are something tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity (“incentives”). In business field, incentives are something given by bosses to encourage their employees to endeavour in bringing benefits to their business. For a simple example, the employee who hits the monthly or year sales target will get cash or prizes as incentives. Apparently, these incentives are something that motivates employees maintains their great performance and also to motivate other employee, whoever wants to get the incentives, work harder. These incentives created competitive between employees which can definitely help in company’s growth. In Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubner once said “Economics is the root of the study of incentives: how people get what they want or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing” (Levitt and Dubner 16). Nevertheless, incentives stand an important position in the study of economics. However, incentives that commonly involving in our life can be categorized into social, moral and economic incentives.…
In chapter 1, Levitt and Dubner describe how many people in different cultures and walks of life, which are otherwise inclined to be honest, find subtle ways of cheating to advance their position or increase monetary awards when incentives are strong enough. The authors define an incentive as “a means of urging people to do more of a good thing or less of a bad thing,” and identify three varieties of incentives. Economic incentives are those, which a person responds to in the marketplace. Social incentives motivate people to respond in a certain way because they care or are worried about how they will be viewed by others. Moral incentives appeal to a person’s sense of right versus wrong. Three case studies of the effects of incentives dominate the chapter; public school teachers in Chicago, sumo wrestling in Japan, and Paul Feldman’s bagel business.…
find ways to deal with them. They can be found at schools, ball parks, and at the first sign of trouble. No, not teenagers: Parents. “Helicopter parenting” is a term used to describe parents obsessed with their children’s success and safety, who cautiously hover over them, sheltering them from mistakes or disappointment, insulating them from the world around them (Vinson). This term was first used by Dr. Ηaim Ginott in his book Between Parent & Teenagers in 1969. The term became very popular and was added to the dictionary in 2011 (Bayless). This parenting style is characterized by a helicopter-like tendency to come to the rescue at the first sign of trouble for their children…
Parenting and the way one chooses to parent is so crucial to child development; it affects every aspect of the child’s life. Parenting styles are choices and there is no right or wrong way to raise a child. In society there may be, but it only matters how to the person raising their child. There are endless ways people raise their children and even though we have four main parenting styles, sometimes many parents don’t even fit into one. Parents should just strive to raise their children as well as they can. The biggest thing a parent can do for their child is to teach them, support them, and be there for them. “At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents.” - Jane D.…