"Are Modern Kids Coddled?"

Newsweek article

Today we will:
1. Annotate the article---first time through circle unknown vocabulary ONLY
2. Label the left side "questions" and the right side "notes". NUMBER THE PARAGRAPHS.
3. Answer the text-based questions below (MUST USE RACE--RESTATE/ANSWER/CITE/EXPLAIN) based on the article (highlight your answers in the passage). Look-up unknown vocab and define on your worksheet.
4. Please complete the assignment for homework and ATTACH YOUR ANNOTATIONS FOR CREDIT.

Questions for: "Are Modern Kids Coddled?" (30 PTS.--20 QUESTIONS/10ANNOTATIONS) 
1. How does the author use the opening sentence to grab the reader's attention? What is a possible audience he is addressing? Purpose?
2. An anecdote is a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person . How does the author use anecdote in the first few paragraph to explain the problem to the audience?
3. In paragraph 5, the mother is accused of being "cavalier" about her kids' safety. What does this imply about her as a mother? Does this comment seem fair or unfair? Explain.
4. What is "Free Range Kids" and what is its purpose?
5.  Cite 1-2 statistics the author provides and what argument they reinforce.
6. Where is the counter-claim paragraph? What is the counter-argument? Is there a rebuttal?
7. What does it mean when the author states that experts discourage a "one-size-fits-all approach to parenting?"
8. What is the author's purpose in including the statements by Dr. Richard Gallagher? Who is her? Is this the ethical, logical, or emotional appeal?
9. Provide 1-2 vocabulary words that you didn't know in this article. Explain how the knowledge of the word was essential to your full understanding of the text.
10. Overall do you believe the article was "for", or  "against, (or "neutral")   the "coddling" of children? Explain.