Question 15 (5 points) (LC)
Read the passage and answer the question that follows:
Despite our best efforts as parents, we will always make mistakes in raising our children. It's
inevitable. There are so many decisions to be made in any given day, week, month, or year.
It's an inhuman task to make all of these decisions correctly. Who would even want to try
for perfection?
We shouldn't worry too much, though, because it is precisely our mistakes that teach our
children the most about life. Life is full of mistakes, obstacles, and trouble. Shielding our
children from these by striving for perfection in our own parenting does them no favors
Given this, a parent might be tempted to give up trying to make good decisions and simply
let the chips fall where they may. Admittedly, that attitude is not without its benefits, but it
goes too far in the other direction Children are much more observant than we think but
often draw the wrong conclusions from what they observe. If we give up trying to make the
right decisions, they might get the message that we don't care about their future
We can take comfort in this much we teach our children even when we're not trying to. That
doesn't mean we should stop trying to do our best to make the right decisions whenever
possible. It just means that we shouldn't beat ourselves up when we make mistakes. Either it
won't matter because it's something small, or it just might build some character in our
children, a commodity that will serve them well
Which evidence below directly supports the author's claim that while raising their children,
parents will make mistakes? (3 points)
1) "Admittedly, that attitude is not without its benctits, but it goes too far in the
other direction
2) It's an inhuman task to make all of these decisions correctly."
3) "That doesn't mean we should stop trying to do our best to make the right
decisions whenever possible."
4) "We can take comfort in this much we teach our children even when we're
not trying to