Parenting Newsflash (Blog 1)

BOOOOOOO!!! Hey Kelsie, is that a good enough attention grabber? Just Kidding. I am going to say that this blog is all about stupid, unfair parents. I can't imagine how much it would suck to have these kinds of parents because my parents pretty much ROCK. Well, they at least come close.The parents shown in this novel were the extreme cases of the negative sides in all parents. Everyone has a bad side to themselves but the parents in this story didn’t seem to have any good side present. Almost every character’s parents/ fathers were abusers. That may have been a little drastic in my point of view because I don’t think everyone in Anger Management has abusive parents. Still, I didn’t realize that so many families have to deal with problems like abusive parents, poverty and just plain cruelty. Many times throughout the novel, the words “For your own Good” came out of the mouths of the parents. I can’t count how many times I’ve heard my own parents say that. They usually have a better statement to go along with it, though. Often times, grown-ups pretend to give you advice but just want to control your lives. Hudgie’s dad (a character from Ironman) shot his own puppy and claimed that it was for his own good. I didn’t believe that at all. I don’t think that it’s fair that parents can completely control most of your life when they are clearly making the wrong decisions. We can weigh the choices well enough to at least make small decisions.I see so many out of control parents that it’s no wonder their kids are mentally messed up.
On the other hand, a parent doesn’t have to abuse their child in order for them to have a difficult relationship. Sometimes kids can be so much like their parents that they continuously argue. This especially happens when both sides of the argument are equally stubborn. I think that some grown-ups need to develop more patience and tolerance towards their teenage son or daughter. I mean, come on, give us a break! We argue a lot, so what? It’s part of growing up. It’s not our fault that we want a chance to run our own lives for once. I think that that is a huge part of the problem in bad parent/child interaction. We want to be more independent but our parents cannot let go. I understand that most of the time they are only doing it so we don’t take the wrong course in life but we need some space.
It’s a whole different story, though, when the child proves that he/she cannot handle making certain decision. There is definitely a fine line between helping make decisions and completely controlling everything on a parents part. If a teenager chose to stay out late all the time and their grades started to slip, then a parent should be able to step in and take action. I think that maturity levels also determine what can be accepted and what cannot. A more mature adolescent should be able to have more freedom than one who is crazy and irresponsible, in my opinion. I think that is why the it is legal for 18 year olds to finally choose their own way in life without complete parent intervention. By that age, most people should have matured enough to make their own decisions.
When I look at my parents now, I try to understand their points of view and it helps when they look from my point of view, too. Every parent should give his or her child room to make mistakes and learn on their own. The parenting shown in Ironman was not a model job for others to see. It is truly sad to know that the situations presented in the book happen everyday to innocent kids.