1. What
comment does Bill Cosby make about the “reward for being a parent”? (99) Is this humorous or serious? Why do you think so?
Bill Cosby says
the “reward for being a parent” is to have adult children return to live in the
family home long after they have become adults.
Of course, Cosby is speaking ironically when he says this. He is commenting on the increasingly common situation
of adult children returning to live with their parents due to financial difficulties. Cosby is playing off the assumption that his
retirement years would be ones of rest and relaxation, not a time to take on
the responsibilities of housing and possibly supporting adult children and
their families. In this case, the “reward”
is a burden to be borne.
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