Parenting Style In The Glass Castle By Jeannette Walls

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

Throughout the memoir The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls all psychological premises of parenting paradigms are shown but the most fitted paradigm would be the permissive parenting paradigm because Rosemary and Rex Walls acted more as friends than parents, left their kids to self-regulate, and did not require mature behavior. Permissive parenting includes that the parent “act more as a friend than a parent” (Cherry, “The Four Styles of Parenting”) and throughout The Glass Castle there is many evidence that indicates this. In one scene Jeanette is describing the relationship with her dad and neighboring children, “Kids from the Tracks came knocking at the door, and when I answered, they asked, ‘can your dad come out and play?’” (59). This is a prime example of permissive

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.

Everyone has different beliefs when it comes to raising children and what parenting methods lead to the best outcomes. The Glass Castle (1989), a memoir written by a well-known novelist and best-selling author of historical fiction, explores the topic of parenting. The author, Jeannette Walls, writes about her unconventional upbringing in the American West and West Virginia during the 1960’s and 1970’s. The memoir details the Walls family’s frequent moving to avoid bill collectors and their time in casinos, bars, and brothels. Along with the inappropriate places they visit throughout the memoir, the parents continuously showcase their questionable sense of responsibility. Contrary to what some readers think, the negative and irresponsible parenting skills of Walls’ parents is not a contributing factor for the success of Walls and her siblings.

In the novel The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls, the uncertain future of the Walls’ children was questionable from the start. From a drunk father, to never having a steady home, the author tells of her idiosyncratic youth to describe the bitterness and longing for an ordinary childhood.

A parent’s parenting styles are as diverse as the world we live in today. Nowadays, parents only want what is best for their children and their parenting styles plays a crucial role in the development of children which will in the long run, not only effect the child’s childhood years, but later prolong into their adult life as well.

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.

Anyone who has read The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls would say that Mary and Rex Walls were unfit parents for Lori, Jeannette, Brian, and Maureen. They would even say that the children would have been better in foster care. Although people say foster care would be better for Jeannette and her siblings, they actually would have not been better in foster care, because it has been proven that foster care can have a deep effect on children as they grow up, and sometimes there are worse living conditions in foster care than in the actual home with biological parents. Rex Walls and Mary might not be fit parents in many people’s opinions, but the Walls’ siblings, especially Jeannette, would not be who they are today without

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

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.

Baumrind was born into a Jewish community in the New York’s Jewish enclaves. She was the first two daughters of Hyman and Mollie Blumberg. Diana, the eldest in an extended family of female cousins, inherited the role of eldest son, which allowed her to participate in serious conversations about philosophy, ethics, literature, and politics. She completed her B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy at Hunter College in 1948, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of California Berkeley. Baumrind completed a clinical residency as a staff psychologist at the Cowell Memorial Hospital/Kaiser Permanente (1955-1958) and was a fellow under the NIMH grant investigating therapeutic change, extending her leadership research to families and therapy groups. In her late family socialization research, she focuses on a structured (authoritative) parental leadership style. By 1960, Baumrid was affiliated with Berkeley’s Institute of Human Development, where she still directs the Family Socialization and Development Competence Project. She is known for her research on parenting styles and for her critique of deception in psychological research. Her parenting styles were based on two aspects of parenting that is found to be extremely important. The first was “Parental responsiveness”, which refers to the degree the parent responds to the child’s needs. The second was “Parental demandingness”, is the extent to which the parent

The Dismissing Parent – Rex Walls. The relationship between parent and child is integral part of family dynamics and for the dynamics to operate successfully. However, when relationships are not operating at their fullest potential, family dynamics become shifted and eventually fail, because consistency and proper behavior are lacking. Moreover, a major theme noticed by the readers of The Glass Castle is the unclear boundaries between the roles of the parents and children. The role reversal between parent and child has been found to be associated with an “increased level of psychological dysfunction for both identified patients and their siblings” (Sloman, Atkinson, Milligan, & Liotti, 2002). As one may presume, the normative social ranking within families was found to be important, but it established based on the way parents and their children forma attachments (Sloman et al., 2002). Moreover, it is ideal for parents to respond to the emotions of their children in order to reassure and support them. However, when a parent’s response does not a line with the needs of the child, the child does not desire attach to him or her, because the parent is not meeting the child’s needs.