Argumentation

The text “Co-parents, but not romantic partners” by Makda Ghebreslassie uses several arguments for co-parenting. 

The text introduces expert opinions to further develop the idea of co-parenting. Andrea O’Reilly, a teacher of Women’s Studies and family courses, explains the natural development of co-parenting and focuses on the reasons why people tend to have a child rather late in life (ll. 38-40). Another expert, Sandra Alsaffawi, is a lawyer who talks about the importance of a co-parenting contract and claims that parents should “figure out the legalities before the child is conceived” (ll. 57-58). This offers credibility to the practice of co-parenting and presents it as a possible option for people who cannot have a child any other way. 

The tex...