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Parenting Styles In Finding Nemo

analytical Essay
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Growing up, two group of people, parents, and grandparents, took the time and the energy to raise me. Both of them had different approaches when raising me. These approaches were different parenting styles. According to Baumrind, parenting style was the “[capturing] normal variations in parents’ attempts to control and socialize their children” (Darling, 1999). To put it simply, parenting style goal was to lecture, influence, and discipline a child. In general, there are four parenting styles with their own specific benefits and disadvantages. Furthermore, parenting style, granted the dynamic of the family was understood, can be identified in families.
The four parenting styles were indulgent, authoritarian, authoritative, and uninvolved: …show more content…

In this essay, the author

  • Explains baumrind's parenting style goal was to lecture, influence, and discipline a child. there are four parenting styles with their own specific benefits and disadvantages.
  • Explains that indulgent, authoritarian, authoritative, and uninvolved parenting styles have their own advantages and disadvantages.
  • Explains the benefits and detriments of an authoritarian parenting style.
  • Analyzes how marlin's parenting style can be identified in families based on the example and the dynamic of the family.
  • Analyzes how the dunphy's family was a family-focused sitcom about the different perspective of families and how they interacted with each other.
  • Analyzes how marlin and dunphy families had contrasting parenting styles, and society as a whole could discuss how to improve parenting style. identifying which styles work and which don't work enriches child care and child development.

Finding Nemo was a movie about a mischievous son who was captured by a scuba diver with his overprotective father who tried to save him. Not to mention, Nemo had a small fin from an accident. In the beginning of the movie, Marlin’s wife was killed in a barracuda attack. The dynamic of the family consisted of a single father, Marlin, and his only child, Nemo. Because Marlin was a single father, he was overprotective of Nemo. Thus, the dynamic, single parent relationship, can be understood and a parenting style can be identified. The parenting style Marlin was likely portraying was authoritative. For instance, Marlin had set rules on how Nemo should prepare himself for school; in addition, was caring to Nemo when hurt or when in danger. In other words, Marlin was both very responsive and very demanding. Based on the example and the dynamic of the family, Marlin’s parenting style was determined. Thus, parenting styles can be identified in families. Furthermore, the result of the parenting style was seen in the child. In particular, Nemo was able to make many friends at school and was optimistic about his rescue from his father. Overall, Nemo was adequate or competent socially and mentally. Again, proved Marlin’s parenting style as authoritative; hence, parenting style can be identified in families. Additionally, another dynamic of a family to examined was Modern

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