Paul's Mother Passed Away Analysis

Starting at a very young age, the children were all in charge of certain chores such as keeping their rooms cleaned. They were rewarded by their parents as children when they would consciously do these tasks without being told, which eventually turned into a habit for them. Tina is still required to help out around the house with various things such as laundry, dishes and even babysitting her nephews when her parents are too tired to do so. When Paul’s mother was living with them when the children were young, she would often tell him that he is too hard on the kids and she would in return baby them. Now that Markie has a family of his own, Paul, like his mother, disagrees with some of the parenting styles his son has come accustomed to. Unlike …show more content…
Heidi is German, Paul is Chinese, and Heidi’s ex husband is mexican. Heidi and Paul both didn’t want to leave Markie’s culture out of their family so they did what they could to teach him, Travis and Tina about it. For the time that Paul’s mother stayed in the household, she would share stories with the children and celebrate many of the holidays that dealt with her heritage. Paul’s mother has now passed away, yet the family still celebrates these traditions and holidays that she had shared with them. Religion was never something that was pushed onto the children in their household. Both Heidi and Paul believed that the children should have the right to choose what they wanted to believe …show more content…
They didn’t really have much to say about the schools their children attended so they couldn’t say whether or not they were satisfied with them. Both parents never really had much communication with either of the children 's teachers unless there was an issue at school with behavior or if one of them was being given an award. They would attend back to school nights and required parent teacher meetings, but other than that there really wasn’t much connection with the teachers. Since our families were so close, when me and Tina had the same teachers she would come with me and my parents to some of the school functions. My parents would then talk to some of the teachers about Tina and would then talk with Tina’s parents whenever they would get a chance. Paul and Heidi never really pressured the kids into getting a higher education, but all three of them ended up going to college anyways, but not all went for the same amount of time. Tina recently graduated with her bachelor 's degree and her parents have supported her throughout her education. Out of