Wes Moore Similarities

The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore, is an awe-inspiring book about two boys with the same name. They grew up in the same town of Baltimore, but led two very different adult lives. Both boys grew up without a father and had older siblings. The main difference between the father situation, is that the other Wes Moore’s father left his family and the narrators father passed away. Both these actions led to a single parent raising the children. I think the biggest contributing factor to the development of both Wes Moore’s came from the mother figure.
In my Human Development class at Virginia Tech we learned about four different types of parenting and how that affects the children. The other Wes Moore’s mother was around a lot when he was growing up. Around the age of 8, he talks about how his mother was …show more content…
As they both lived in Baltimore they had very similar environmental factors. They lived in a poor area at the start of their childhood and had to walk past people selling drugs every day. As a young child, you almost believe that’s what you are going to end up doing. Both boys also grew up in families with not a lot of money. The mothers had to make ends meet by working many jobs. This left the other Wes Moore home alone were as the narrator had his grandparents to take care of him. On a societal scale the other Wes Moore’s mother could no longer attend college because of the drop of her scholarship. This caused her not to get a degree and therefore not a good paying job and care for her family. Lastly, the global effects include what was going on in the world. During the childhood of both Wes Moore’s, Ronald’s Recession took place. There was a high percentage of unemployment and this affected how both the mothers got money. People got paid very little money to do jobs and this ultimately affected how much time was spent at home with the