Parenting In The Glass Castle

Throughout the glass castle both Walls parents portray several qualities that would put them into the category of being uninvolved parents. One example being when Jeannette is young and a stranger climbs into her bedroom window and touches her inappropriately. She says, “I asked Mom and Dad if we could close the doors and windows when we went to sleep. They wouldn’t consider it. We needed the fresh air,” (Walls 103). Even after their daughter is put in danger neither parents take precautions to insure it never happens again. According to the article, an uninvolved parenting trait could be low responsiveness which is shown in this part of the book through the Walls lack of concern. “One evening when Dad was away and we had nothing to eat and

There are many different kinds of parents. There are parents that are nice to their kids, spoil them and give them anything they want. On the other hand, there parents that are mean to their kids, make them do all the house work and provide bad living conditions for their children. The Walls parents would fall on the bad of the parent scale for many reasons. First both of the Walls parents are out of touch with reality. Second the parents act like kids and the kids have to act like responsible adults. Finally the parents are selfish, and care more about themselves than their own children. Both Rex and Rosemary Walls are unfit to be parents to the Walls children.

With no limits or boundaries, Walls is thrown in a big body of water without knowing how to swim. Rex and Rosemary has a sense of doing it by yourself or not at all asserting “But the Hot Pot didn’t have any ehat edges like that swimming pool. There was nothing to cling to. I waded up in my shoulders. The water above my chest is warm and the rocks i was standing on felt so hot [...] Dad who watched me unsmiling[..] “you’re going to learn today”(65). Rex, in athrows Jeanette in water with no edges, knowing she can’t swim.He puts Jeannette in a live or die situation. Rex shows the faults of parenting because the parents have no regards on Jeannette’s safety or life and wall states”You’re going to learn today’ declaring “Dad pried my fingers from around his neck and pushed me away. My arms flailed around and i sank into the hot smelly water. Water surged in my nose and down my throat. My lungs burned[...] He pulled back and did it again” (65-66).Putting a child in a dangerous situation to show them a lesson shows bad parenting.Rex and Rosemary causes the reader to reflect on their lack of responsibility as being a parent so that they can understand from both sides of view of the poverty situation.

Jeanette Walls, author and protagonist of The Glass Castle, writes about her experiences growing up in a somewhat dysfunctional family. Jeanette’s life story is a rollercoaster of emotions with all of the difficulties that are thrown at her. Her situations in life rooted from the lack of parental attention she was given. Even though her father had great potential due to his intelligence, his biggest desire was to drink away his life. Her mother, on the other hand, did not even want the opportunity to showcase her parenting style because, in her opinion, it was just a distraction from the more important things in her life. I believe that an appropriate quote to summarize the message of the novel is “‘Things usually work out in the end.’‘What if they don’t?’‘That just means you haven't come to the end yet’” (Walls 259). This quote accurately explains Jeanette’s point of view throughout the novel and how she needs the reassurance that life will not only go on but will get better.

Would a good parent’s allow their three-year-old daughter to boil her own hot dogs? Parenting is one of the most important pieces in a child's life, and it shows a bond between parents and their kids. However people who don't give quality parenting lead their children through a rough life. In the memoir The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, she talks about her life experiences and hardships she had from having inadequate parents. Despite the fact that her parents intention were to help their children unfortunately, they end up harming the children physically, emotionally, and mentally. Although she is not raised in the traditional way, Jeannette overcomes the challenges by persevering through the bad times, finding her place in society, and

Each and every parent has their own style of parenting. Each parenting style is based on certain beliefs and conventions that are used to teach children to become increasingly self-sufficient as they age. The novel “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls, explores the unusual ways that Rex and Rose Mary Walls’ raise their children. Generally, parents will attempt to keep their children out of harm’s way by any means necessary, although, in “The Glass Castle,” this is not the case. Rex and Rose Mary Walls' unconventional, relaxed style of parenting teaches their children Lori, Jeannette, Brian, and Maureen to be self-sufficient at a young age.

Parenting is not one of the easiest jobs in the world to have; you either are responsible enough to parent or you're not responsible enough.You have to be able to raise a child from birth and teach he/she all the necessary tools to succeed in life. As said in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Work, “Parenting is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood” (245). All parents will raise their children in different ways, whether they are very strict or they’re lenient, others can be easy going and strict depending on the situation and the way they group up will shape them into who they become as adults as shown in The Glass Castle with Jeannette Walls and her parents.

Dear parents, if you want to know what not to do in terms of parenting take notes from Rosemary and Rex Walls. In the memoir Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, both Rosemary and Rex Walls were terrible parents. They always put their own needs and wants over the needs of their own kids. Rosemary did many selfish acts like when she refused to get a job, she didn't give her children food, and wouldn’t sell her land or the diamond ring. Rosemary and Rex Walls are both terrible parents, but Rosemary was definitely the worst.

The parenting paradigm from the article that most matches Rex and Rose Mary Walls from Jeanette Walls’ memoir The Glass Castle is uninvolved because of neglect, reject and lack of communication (Cherry, “The Four Styles of Parenting”). Jeanette’s brother Brian fell of the couch, “Brain’s head was wrapped in a dirty white bandage with dried bloodstains” (13). This shows that Rex Walls neglected the needs of his child and put his beliefs before the needs of his child (Cherry). Rosemary was unobservant to Jeanette when she was burned (Cherry). Jeanette’s recalls her first memory when she was three years old, “I could hear mom in the next room singing while she worked on one of her paintings” (3). Jeanette’s mom left her unattended at the age

Disengaging Parents In The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, uninvolved parenting is the most exemplified by Rosemary and Rex Walls because of the few demands, low responsiveness, and lack of communication that they exhibit towards their children. Having few or no expectation or demands are characteristics of an uninvolved parent in which Rosemary and Rex demonstrates that affects their children severely. This is shown when Jeannette is three, boiling hot dogs for herself on the kitchen stove when her dress catches on fire, severely burning her (Walls 9).

Rex and Rosemary walls seem to be your, not so average parents. They aren’t fit to be parents because they don’t exceed the proper expertise needed to be a parent/parents. The Walls family is careless of what their children do. They don’t have any rules or restrictions for their kids.

Based on The Four Styles of Parenting, the parenting style that is most exemplified by Rex and Rosemary Walls would be permissive parenting. Throughout the book examples of a permissive style are shown by how the kids are left alone often, there are few demands for the kids to follow, and the relationship between the parents and their children is more like friends then parents. Rex and Rosemary show they are permissive because “they are untraditional and lenient” (Cherry, The Four Styles of Parenting), letting their kids wonder around, everywhere alone. There are plenty of times “Brian and [Jeanette] went exploring” (Walls 21), the desert by themselves or they went dumpster diving. Their parents

The optimal parenting style for child development, authoritative, can be seen in Sue’s parenting. Authoritative parenting, characterized by high warmth and control, is seen in parenting when rules and expectations are set, but these are discussed with the children before setting them into place (Kail & Cavanaugh, 2016, p. 238). Consequences for breaking these rules, or not meeting expectations, are fair and doled out only when necessary, and the children are given support by their parents that allow them to flourish as much as possible (Kail & Cavanaugh, 2016, p. 238). This is true for Sue, as she has set goals for her teenager that range from passing her classes with at least a B, to doing chores that were previously discussed with her on certain days, which are posted on a daily schedule on the refrigerator in clear view. If these expectations are not met, Sue’s daughter is given a calm description of how she did not achieve what was expected of her, and another chance is then given. If she repeats the mistake a second time, the daughter is grounded from using her phone or going out with friends for a certain period of time that matches the severity of the mistake. It is worth noting that the daughter is highly successful in school, earning

The parenting styles that the Walls parenting show a permissive parenting style. They don’t take serious situations serious at all. “You busted your snot locker pretty good”(Walls 31). If they had set any rules, like “wear your seatbelt.” That wouldn’t have happened. Or the parents leave responsibilities to the children, setting no guidelines. “He told me he had broken into a neighbor’s house and stolen a gallon jar of pickles” (Walls 68). Once again rules or guidelines were set, letting him know not to do that. They don’t get punished for even the most serious things. “It was self-defense ” I piped up (Walls 89). This was after she shot an actual loaded gun at Billy. All those reasons point and show a permissive parenting style.

When I was a child, I experienced the authoritative parenting style from both my mom and dad because my they displayed both high comfort and high control in their parenting (Steinberg, Bornstein, Vandell, & Rook, 2011). When I lived with my parents, I noticed that every day both my mom and dad would tell all of their kids that they love them before school and before we went to bed. They also showed their love to me by allowing me to stay at friends’ houses on the weekend, because they knew it made me happy. Along with my parents being loving and making me happy, they made sure that there was also rules. When I did get to hang out with my friends, I had a curfew and if I wanted to spend the night, I absolutely had to ask my parents first. At