Kayla,

I really appreciated your post and it really spoke to me and my feelings right now about our current political state. I really liked how you draw such a strong connection between your book which is fiction, and our reality that is non fiction. The most powerful part of your writing was the counterclaims: “Some may think that Donald Trump is doing what is best for America, but he does not know that there are families here that are going to be broken apart because of the immigration and separation that he is enforcing. Some may also think that what Dr. Cable and the Specials are doing is right but in reality, they are basically telling people under the age of 16 that they are ugly.” It is really nice that you acknowledged the other perspective in your writing since many people did vote for President Trump and agree with his point. My acknowledging this point you are strengthening your own argument more.

I look forward to reading more of your thoughts!

Hi Kayla!
One sentence you wrote that really stood out to me was “This is shocking because parents are supposed to be the ones to protect their kids, but instead, the parents are influencing their family negatively.” I definitely agree to what you stated because it is said that parents should “practice what you preach” and be the positive role models to their children. However, when parents are telling their children to “stay away from drugs and alcohol” while doing drugs and/or alcohol, the message being sent to children kind of defeats the purpose of “practicing what you preach”. It essentially gives a child the mindset of “if my mom/dad is doing that, then it must be ok”.
You did a great job on covering the possible effects on the varying types of drugs!

Best,
Bea