Psychology-1 Parenthood Analysis

airlift his only daughter, Patty, to be a perfect human is Nathan Huffners goal. He is in defence force near his attitude towards raising his daughter he said that he just wanted Patty to learn more(prenominal) than other kids do just the truth is he wants Patty to be his source of achievement he is proud that his child is a champ and for that, he feeds his pride. He trained his daughter to be so intelligent, to be not only good at ever soything but be the trounce at everything. He taught his daughter things that even off some adults cigarettet do.His daughter never had a risk to complain about the things that was creation taught to her because she was so flyspeck to understand that her life was not the life of an cut-and-dry teeny-weeny girl. Nathan Huffner surd so much about his childs intellectual learning. He even refused to direct another baby because he wanted to concentrate on Pattys above prescript development because of that, his married woman was so thwar ted but she cant array all her anger to her husband thats why he just displace her disappointment on eating and filling her appetite. He didnt let his child to enjoy her life as a child.He just fed Patty with k flatledge and other conglomerate things and never let her feel the feeling of what a typical little girl should feel. That made him an authoritarian parent the one that discourages expressions of disagreement. He has exigent standards he wants Patty to be a perfect human. As a result, Patty was unsociable with other children. She was unfriendly to others. She was withdrawn and was acting and reacting uncanny to situations that seems normal to other children (an example is the thumb head game of Gil to the children others had fun with that magic while Patty screamed and ran away.Maybe thats because of likewise many scientific facts in her head that made her think that that magic was disgusting. ) Another characterization that showed Patty being different from other ch ildren was in the party of Kevin she apothegm a boy turning around and around, she asked her bring what was the boy doing, that convey that Patty was unable to do the things that a normal child experiences, which is doing empty-headed things and enjoying those silly things. click Buckman was a permissive arrest for Larry Buckman. He was ever supportive on his word of honor even though he knows that Larry is botheratic in some illegal scams for easy and quick money.There was even a point in the movie that Larry had to pay a rangy amount of money or else he leave alone be killed. stark(a) was disappointed with Larry but he wants to help him because he loves him so much. He wanted to bail out Larry by using the car that he love so much for the crime he did. As a result, Larry has a low self control and was dependent to his father. He thinks that its alright to do bad things because his father will always be supportive to him. He even had a baby with a show girl in Las Vegas that shows how low his self control was. Yet, he was an set-apart parent to his other kids.All his attention was on Larry that he was now emotionally detached to Gil and the others. Although his like that, it was then revealed that he also loved Gil. But instead of showing love, he showed the exact opposite of it. He used reaction formation. Showing love provokes anxiety on Frank because he always saw himself as a tough guy. He didnt like showing a soft side of him. Also, Frank is in denial that he hated Gil because he taught that he had polio but he is covering his feelings towards his son because love provokes anxiety on him. Larry Buckman was concentrated to his illegal schemes for him to get easy and quick money.He had a bi-racial son named serene who was the fruit of his affair with a showgirl in Las Vegas. Larry was a negligent parent. He doesnt really care for Cool as tenacious as the child is fed, his child has a house to go forward on he thinks that his responsibility is done. He had his family take care of Cool because he knows that his father will support him all the way. As a result, Cool became an indifferent kid. He was always inside the house and never got the chance to mingle and play with other kids that makes him ignorant to the outside world and his cognitive and social development was impeded.He feels unloved and emotionally detached from his profess father. There is a part in the movie that Larry and Frank were talk about how to bail out Larry from his gambling addiction, his father mentioned that he will enrol a gambling anonymous which federal agency that Larry is in denial of his addiction in gambling thats why he should enter in a gambling anonymous. Hes scared of entering the real world. He is scared of getting a job because he may not be good at it. So he was involved in gambling and rationalizes to himself that it was because of what his father has always taught him.Helen is a permissive parent. She was undemanding and was so easy in them. She lacks control on her devil children, Garry and Julie. As a result, Garry appears to be a very weird boy. He was quiet and shows very little concern about what her mother says. He has this mysterious paper bag that he keeps in his inhabit. He wants to stay in his room all day and if he goes out, he locks his room and doesnt want anyone to enter his room. Helen wondered what is inside the paper so he opened Garrys room to look for the paper bag determination out that the paper bag was filled with porn movies.Helen showed a little disappointment but later on shows approval and rationalizes that it is normal for Garry to be curious about those things because Garry just entered puberty and he doesnt have a father to ask about those things. Another effect was shown by her daughter Julie. Julie was a wild and curious girl. Julie wanted to be with his boyfriend, tod, and ignores her mothers advice. She left their house and stayed with unaccompanied. They even got m arried. Eventually, Julie returned home and went back to her mother, which shows how Julie was so dependent on her mothers company.After all, Helen still concur to let Julie and Tod stay in her house and already accepts Tod as a part of their family. As shown in the movie, both Julie and Tod expresses unwanted behaviors these may be a way to repress their memories about the separation of their parents they focused on other things so that they can pass on about that experience that surely affected them. Gil Buckman is another permissive father in this movie. There were so many problems that he encountered in this movie. First, he nominate out that his eldest son, Kevin, needs to transfer to a surplus school for special kids and need to undergo therapy.He rationalized that Kevin is just as well smart thats why he seems not so normal compared to other kids. He covered up his anxiety of Kevin being not normal so he believes his own lie that Kevin is just too smart. At first he disap proved to that opinion but eventually, he concur upon seeing the behavior and reaction of Kevin to different situations (baseball and the lost retainer). Another problem that he encountered was his job because the partnership was given to another person which means that he will be facing a serious monetary problem in his family.He was so frustrated and angry so when he went back home, he was arguing with his wife. He displaced his anger to his wife because even though he showed anger to his boss, still he cant put out all his anger to his boss. Then he found out that his wife, Karen, was pregnant. He was so frustrated about all of these problems but still he agree on having a birthday party for Kevin. Kevin wanted to have a cowboy character that twists balloons on his birthday. Even though Gil knows that that will be expensive, he still agreed on hiring that cowboy character on Kevins birthday.When he found out that the cowboy will not make it to the party, he didnt want Kevin to be disappointed, so he dressed like a cowboy and performed at the party even though he looks silly. He cant disagree to his sons wishes that proves that he is a permissive parent even though he knows it will be hard for him, he makes sure that he will not disappoint his children. But his being permissive had a good effect on his children. Kevins emotional problem begins to improve. At first he questions his abilities on being a father to his children because of the burdens that he faced but eventually, he was still a good father then.