While it may seem that I am being overly hard on this family, I believe that in the end …show more content…
In most families, the mother figure is the keeper of the home, even if she works. In the case of this mother, the opposite is true. She does nothing that could be considered either wifely or motherly. She does not do laundry, dishes, nor the cooking. Upon her return from her three day a week job at the garage where her lover works, she takes to her bed and stays there until she has to get up the next time she has to work. She only spends time with her children when they come to her. The mother spends no time downstairs in the living area, which is why her children do not as well. The mother in this family believes in her heart she is a princess and deserves to be waited on hand and foot, and requires every member of her family to do so gladly. When she wants something she wants it now and expects whomever she is talking with to drop whatever they are doing and serve her. She is slothful, self-centered, superficial, petty, egotistical, and always has to have the last word in any discussion. She refuses to allow anyone to discipline her children, including the father, which is why both boys and the daughter have no respect for him. They all know that no matter what dad says, mom with let them do what they