These assumptions about the audience contribute to the logic of its claims only for the audience it is aimed at, making them feel specifically recognized. The author is then able to use statistics and reference other sources or events that occurred in the 1980s without the audience questioning their credibility. This assumption makes readers like me believe that she was raised before parenting evolved; therefore, he cannot speak for the generations raised by these so-called helicopter parents. If the reader did not have such in-depth descriptions of the four changes and how they contributed to change in parenting and childhood, this assumption about his audience would not contribute to, or perhaps even diminish, the logic of his argument. Newer generations would not know what parenting styles were like before these changes occurred. This assumption would also lead some of the public to question some of Haims' mandates, such as the Race to the Top, and the importance of these references would be lost. Haims also implies that children were told by parents to just go play outside, be babies, and come back for dinner before parenting styles changed (Haims-Lynthcott). This implication, however, can be refuted by my experience growing up