Self-study
Many parents rigorously organize their children's activities during playtime, thinking that doing so will enhance their children's cognitive development. ███ ████ ██████ ██ ██████████ ██ ██████████ █████████ █ ███████ ████████ ███ ██████ ████ ██ ███████ █ ████████ ███ ███████████ █████ █████ ██ ████ █████████ █ ████ █████ ██ ██ ████████ ██ ███████ ███ ███ ████ ███████ ████ ███ ████ ███ ██████████ ████ ███
Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
The author concludes that rigorously organizing children’s activities during playtime will not enhance the child’s cognitive abilities. This author supports this conclusion with an analogy to a novel. We wouldn’t expect a good novel to be produced by someone told exactly what the plot and characters should be. And similarly, we wouldn’t expect to produce a “creative and resourceful child” by structuring the child’s activities during playtime.
Identify and Describe Flaw
The author assumes that enhancing a child’s cognitive development requires doing things that produce a “creative and resourceful” child. This overlooks the possibility that something can enhance the child’s cognitive development even though it does not help make the child more creative or resourceful.
Analysis by KevinLin
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