Essay 2 The author’s mother, Joy, and the other Moore’s mother Marry had very different styles of parenting, these styles of parenting would drastically affect their children’s life. In Moore’s Memoir The Other Wes Moore the mothers play a big part in the boy’s life, they are the ones who teach right from wrong, and the ones who teach the consequences of their actions. One parent teachers her kid better than the other though, and that’s why they had different lifestyles.
Although both mothers are concerned about their children’s future, Joy is the one who intervenes when things are going wrong for her son and makes a difference. The author’s Joy has gone through college and knows the importance of it. This shows from the way …show more content…
Because of this her family had less opportunities to move up , and the other Moore had less opportunities than someone whose parents had a college education, and understands the importance of education This explains why Marry is more complacent with Moore’s education than someone who has experienced the payoff of an education
Marry, and Joy both have very different styles of parenting Marry is passive, and it seemed like she let her oldest son act like more of a parent. She rarely threatens punishment, and when she does she never goes through with it, this says to the other Moore that he can do whatever he wants with no consequences to his actions. She engaged in drug use as well, so Moore has all these people around him telling him not to do drugs, but at the same time they themselves are doing drugs, so it just comes off as hypocritical. I think had Moore had a better family structure, and had she taken a bigger role in her son’s education, things would have turned out differently for him. Joy, the author’s mom, is the exact opposite of Marry. Joy has an assertive parenting style, when she threatens punishment she follows through, for example on (page) Moore talks about how is mother is threatening him with military school if he doesn't get his grades up, and he doesn't believe she will
Although both mothers are concerned about their children’s future, Joy is the one who intervenes when things are going wrong for her son and makes a difference. The author’s Joy has gone through college and knows the importance of it. This shows from the way …show more content…
Because of this her family had less opportunities to move up , and the other Moore had less opportunities than someone whose parents had a college education, and understands the importance of education This explains why Marry is more complacent with Moore’s education than someone who has experienced the payoff of an education
Marry, and Joy both have very different styles of parenting Marry is passive, and it seemed like she let her oldest son act like more of a parent. She rarely threatens punishment, and when she does she never goes through with it, this says to the other Moore that he can do whatever he wants with no consequences to his actions. She engaged in drug use as well, so Moore has all these people around him telling him not to do drugs, but at the same time they themselves are doing drugs, so it just comes off as hypocritical. I think had Moore had a better family structure, and had she taken a bigger role in her son’s education, things would have turned out differently for him. Joy, the author’s mom, is the exact opposite of Marry. Joy has an assertive parenting style, when she threatens punishment she follows through, for example on (page) Moore talks about how is mother is threatening him with military school if he doesn't get his grades up, and he doesn't believe she will