The definition of a good parent may vary from person to person, due to past history and experiences. A person’s history could also affect a person’s parenting style. For example, if someone was raised in a home without love and security, as a parent, they may also raise their children in an environment lacking those things because that is how they grew up and they may be ignorant as to how to better raise their children. There are many significant characteristics that most people would use to describe a good parent, such as, the ability to protect and stay strong for both, themselves and their child or children, in tough situations, the ability to always be looking out for the well-being of the child and loving them unconditionally in spite
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It is important that, despite trials and tribulations that may occur, a parent must stand tall and act as the “rock” in order for the child to feel safe and secure and to continue to trust their parent to be someone they can trust. Undoubtedly, this ability to protect the child is possessed by Taylor Greer. There are many events in The Bean Trees that show Taylor’s strength and protection over Turtle. As soon as Taylor receives Turtle, she realizes that she is now responsible for not just herself, but for another human life. When the two arrive at the Broken Arrow motel, Taylor decides to give Turtle, who was at the time still unnamed, a bath. She sees that the child has, “bruises and worse,” (23) yet she continues to take care of the child as if it was her own. Although Taylor did not experience this hardship alongside Turtle, this event shows that Taylor was there to protect Turtle when no one else would. Taylor knows that whatever this child has been through is too much for it to handle, which leads her to try her best to be the best mother that she can possibly be.Taylor’s protection is one of the many things that make her a good parent, in company with her ability to always look out for the wellbeing of Turtle and not
It is important that, despite trials and tribulations that may occur, a parent must stand tall and act as the “rock” in order for the child to feel safe and secure and to continue to trust their parent to be someone they can trust. Undoubtedly, this ability to protect the child is possessed by Taylor Greer. There are many events in The Bean Trees that show Taylor’s strength and protection over Turtle. As soon as Taylor receives Turtle, she realizes that she is now responsible for not just herself, but for another human life. When the two arrive at the Broken Arrow motel, Taylor decides to give Turtle, who was at the time still unnamed, a bath. She sees that the child has, “bruises and worse,” (23) yet she continues to take care of the child as if it was her own. Although Taylor did not experience this hardship alongside Turtle, this event shows that Taylor was there to protect Turtle when no one else would. Taylor knows that whatever this child has been through is too much for it to handle, which leads her to try her best to be the best mother that she can possibly be.Taylor’s protection is one of the many things that make her a good parent, in company with her ability to always look out for the wellbeing of Turtle and not