“Come with me and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination.” This is the first line of the most popular song from the classic movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory directed by Mel Stuart and starring Gene Wilder (Stuart, 1971). From this line, one could assume this movie would be about beautiful fun and imaginings, when in reality the children, and their parents, in this story had major psychological problems which caused them and their families no end of pain! Psychological disorders are a real problem, and specific characters in Willy Wonka were troubled by egocentrism, a superiority complex, binge eating disorder, and are crippled by permissive parenting. Veruca Salt, the spoiled, entitled daughter of a rich nut king, suffered
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According to the movie, Violet was raised in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, which put her in a very individualistic culture. An individualistic culture is a society which emphasizes autonomy and encourages children to pursue their own goals as an individual. This is opposite of a collectivist society where the emphasis is on working with others to achieve a common goal (Sigelman, 2012). Therefore, her goodness-of-fit, the extent to which a child’s temperament is compatible with the demands and expectations of the social world to which she must adapt (Sigelman, 2012), for the place where she was raised would be very high; her “go-get-em” attitude would serve her well in the dog eat dog world she was born …show more content…
Authoritarian parents are restrictive and combine high demandingness-control with low acceptance-responsiveness. Authoritative parents are more flexible. They do set rules and expect them to be followed, but they are also democratic, being responsive to their children’s needs and point of view. The permissive parenting style is indulgent and child-centered. It combines high acceptance-responsiveness with low demandingness-control. Lastly, neglectful parents are low in both demandingness-control and acceptance-responsiveness and can be hostile or indifferent towards their children (Sigelman,
According to the movie, Violet was raised in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, which put her in a very individualistic culture. An individualistic culture is a society which emphasizes autonomy and encourages children to pursue their own goals as an individual. This is opposite of a collectivist society where the emphasis is on working with others to achieve a common goal (Sigelman, 2012). Therefore, her goodness-of-fit, the extent to which a child’s temperament is compatible with the demands and expectations of the social world to which she must adapt (Sigelman, 2012), for the place where she was raised would be very high; her “go-get-em” attitude would serve her well in the dog eat dog world she was born …show more content…
Authoritarian parents are restrictive and combine high demandingness-control with low acceptance-responsiveness. Authoritative parents are more flexible. They do set rules and expect them to be followed, but they are also democratic, being responsive to their children’s needs and point of view. The permissive parenting style is indulgent and child-centered. It combines high acceptance-responsiveness with low demandingness-control. Lastly, neglectful parents are low in both demandingness-control and acceptance-responsiveness and can be hostile or indifferent towards their children (Sigelman,