TMPQ&BAD synthesis essay

"The most powerful Question a Parent can Ask" by Neil Millar and "Be-ers and Doers" by Budge Wilson depict, in a more than suggestive tone, how one should raise their children. Mrs.Millar explains how children should be raised and not coddled their entire childhood, and Mrs.Wilson works toward the same acheivment by pushing her son to be a "Doer" instead of a "Be-er." The pair reach for this success in different manners.

Mrs.Millar brings up a question to the world,"are your mothers old values working for you and, just as importantly, working for your children?" People today "[strive] to give [their] children the best life [they] can offer," but Mrs.Millar believes the best way to "raise a well rounded, confident, considerate child" is to direct them "to do small tasks." If you're child is handed everything in life he or she will become lazy, Mrs.Millar states that your children will become the ones you "moan about to your friends when you witness them disrespecting both other human beings, and the environment." To prevent raising such a notorious child simply "ask them to put their clothes in the washing basket or hang a towel up." If a child is given responsibility, they will be able to handle the hardships better. Mrs.Millar strives to get her children to be productive people by gently prodding them to do things themselves.
In the short story "be'ers and doers" the mother attemps to raise her child through force. In this story, there are people who are happy just being, and people who actually do things. Alberts report card comes home one day and her mother reads that"he spends to much time looking out the window, dreaming." Albert is a born "be'er" like his father, but his mother wants him to be a "do'er" like her. Alberts "be'er" father thinks his wife Dorothy should "leave him be" because "he's a good kid." Dorothy insists she's "gonna light a fire under his feet." She wants him to be a "doer" even if she has to do it by force. She will raise this child the way she wants him. Albert is just the gentle sort though, not a "doer," he loves animals, and english and just enjoying life, but in his mothers eyes "he's three parts woman and one part child." One day theres a fire in the house and Albert takes command, the fire is put out and his mother crosses her arms and blurts that that's "what [she's] been looking for all [his] life." She blatantly states that she finally beat the "be'er" out of him, she always knew he was a "doer". Dorothy attempts at raising her child by forcing him to be just like her.

The mother Dorothy from "Be'ers and Doers" tries to raise her child to be something he can't be through force. Mrs.Millar gives her motherly opinion in a helpful, and forceless manner. "What kind of children do you want to raise?"