Stepmom is the movie about two strong and independent women with opposing views on parenting. They both struggled to come to terms with their lack of trust for each other and on how to connect with each other. (Columbus, 1998). In the movie, Jackie, the mother is diagnosed with a terminal illness. While dealing with the breaking news, Isabelle, the Stepmom and her ex-husband Luke's relationship grew stronger. At a point in time, both Jackie and Isabelle realize and accepted with their opposing views and differences and agreed on working together for the sake of the family. In the end, both women reached a mutual understanding to rebuild the family (Columbus, 1998).The movie is about how divorce affected a family and their struggle to ensure
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In spite of being given all the luxuries they have ever dreamt of, the children Benjamin and Anna treated Isabelle like a stranger. Isabelle struggled to fit in the family while the children wanted their mom and dad to reunite (Columbus, 1998).In the movie, Isabelle parenting style differs from Jackie's, causing conflicts between the two women. Isabelle's efforts to reach out to the children, becomes an uphill task. In the beginning, the children treated Isabelle the same way their mother did without understanding the source of their differences. Eventually, Isabelle used skillful techniques of communication by reasoning from a teenager’s viewpoint and begins to win the trust of the children (Columbus, …show more content…
This includes how well the family organizes and manages itself (Beavers, 1981). Using the Beavers model to interpret the movie Stepmom, The family in the movie is made up of a father (Luke), mother (Jackie) and her two children; boy (Benjamin) and girl (Anna) and included in the family is a Stepmom (Isabelle). It was assumed that Isabelle was the cause of the breakdown of the family. Jackie held the role of the mother and was the pillar, and also took absolute control of the family. Jackie’s illness caused her to lose grip of her hold of her family and was forced to accept Isabelle to be a parent to her children and a wife to her ex-husband. Luke‘s role in the movie is portrayed more as an advisor than a father. Isabelle played two roles, a Stepmom and also as a wife. Isabelle and Jackie had different beliefs and values that cause conflict when it comes to parenting (Columbus, 1998). In comparison to Beavers system, the family presented in the movie presented characteristics of a mid-range family there was a power struggle among the two women. Also the children were vulnerable and were caught between two opposing views of parenting styles coming from their mother and Isabelle, their
In spite of being given all the luxuries they have ever dreamt of, the children Benjamin and Anna treated Isabelle like a stranger. Isabelle struggled to fit in the family while the children wanted their mom and dad to reunite (Columbus, 1998).In the movie, Isabelle parenting style differs from Jackie's, causing conflicts between the two women. Isabelle's efforts to reach out to the children, becomes an uphill task. In the beginning, the children treated Isabelle the same way their mother did without understanding the source of their differences. Eventually, Isabelle used skillful techniques of communication by reasoning from a teenager’s viewpoint and begins to win the trust of the children (Columbus, …show more content…
This includes how well the family organizes and manages itself (Beavers, 1981). Using the Beavers model to interpret the movie Stepmom, The family in the movie is made up of a father (Luke), mother (Jackie) and her two children; boy (Benjamin) and girl (Anna) and included in the family is a Stepmom (Isabelle). It was assumed that Isabelle was the cause of the breakdown of the family. Jackie held the role of the mother and was the pillar, and also took absolute control of the family. Jackie’s illness caused her to lose grip of her hold of her family and was forced to accept Isabelle to be a parent to her children and a wife to her ex-husband. Luke‘s role in the movie is portrayed more as an advisor than a father. Isabelle played two roles, a Stepmom and also as a wife. Isabelle and Jackie had different beliefs and values that cause conflict when it comes to parenting (Columbus, 1998). In comparison to Beavers system, the family presented in the movie presented characteristics of a mid-range family there was a power struggle among the two women. Also the children were vulnerable and were caught between two opposing views of parenting styles coming from their mother and Isabelle, their