How could parents change to take better care of their children? Well, parents have the choice to change to adapt to handle their child’s behaviours by accepting their child’s behaviours and actions, or if they are not willing to change. This is what Christopher’s mother from the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon states “But that is not the way I am and there is nothing I can do to change that” (Haddon, 106) in a letter she sent to her son telling him she does not want to change, but she could if she put in the effort to. While Christopher and his parents from the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon display his parents changing …show more content…
While Oskar was on his adventure to find out whose key he had found from the blue vase from his father’s closet, his mother tried to get closer to Oskar after his father died. His mother had taken a look at Oskar’s creative way of finding and meeting all the Blacks the key’s owner, while Oskar was out and before he met some of the Blacks his mother knew she should meet all the people he was going to meet for his safety. Also, his mother knew how to handle his tantrums. While his father was alive, his father played games and taught him about boroughs and geography. Without Oskar’s dad giving him the expedition or without his mom’s support and comfort, Oskar would not have been able to overcome his fears or even meet all the Blacks. Oskar’s parents knew they had to change in order for Oskar to reach his full potential.
In conclusion, Christopher and Oskar’s parents needed to change for both Christopher and Oskar to change into their own self and fully develop themselves. This is related to real life, this is like how our parents try to change for us because they change to try to accept our dreams of want we want to be when we grow up, but may not agree with our decisions so they would try to change. Also, if our parents did not try to change we would not have been able to have a relationship with them. Therefore, I think anyone could change if it is for the better or worse, they just need to put the effort to