Most parents do not like being contradicted by their children

I think this is because they don't like to feel at equal power with their child. All adults have this idea that the youth are lesser than them and this will be a reoccurring theme throughout many more generations because of how we tend to follow our parent's actions

1. she did not cheat on the test, for it was the wrong thing to do.2. i am counting my calories, yet i really want desert.3. i really need to go to work, but i am too sick to drive. there 3 examples of a compound sentence good luck

Throughout the letter, the author makes his stance on urban sprawl very clear. the first example is in the first paragraph:

"urban sprawl, the spreading of large developments of housing and shopping areas around a city’s center, has many negative cultural and environmental effects. " (from your link)

so, your answer is: it has a negative effect on the environment, otherwise known as c~hope this mate.