What makes a perfect parent??

This chapter deals with the author analyzing the different ways in which children grow up. Some of these include socioeconomic status and even race. Oddly enough, the author found that children growing up with a swimming pool were much more likely to die young. In fact he believes that swimming pools were 100 times more dangerous than a gun. Having swam since the age of two, i dont agree with his statistics. Swimming growing up had no negeative effect on me, in fact, it pushed me to become a lifeguard for my local pool.
The author also has several other odd trends which he claims to be true. First, he says his research shows that kids with "white" names are far more likely to be hired for a job. Although getting a job depends on many other variables other than just your name,i found this to be somewhat true. Most of the successful leaders of business have standard Amreican names. On the other hand alot of the people who work at convenience stores tend to have odd, unheard of names. Further more, the author found that names that are considered to be "black" are found in many low income jobs. To me this sounds like a partially true statement. Although there are many interesting names in the lower class, it has nothing to do with how you turn out in life. For example, if i named my future child a "black" name, this doesnt mean that he/she will not succeed in life.
IN general i thought that the authors opinions in this chapter were very stereotypical. Also, i believe that this chapter could have been fueled by the fact that the author himself lost a child due to illnes. He may simply be trying to justify the death of his child.