Thursday, March 19, 2009
The Ending
As we come to a closing to the book Just the Three of Us by Julia Blackburn, she remembers of when her her parents passed away, her father died of a cerebral haemorrhage. She has learned to accept that even if she did not have a normal upbringing and that it was based on broken relationships that they were still her parents and that they loved her, they had there odd ways of showing it but they still did. Her parents alcoholism and affairs with other women, and then her mother and her sexual tendencies. But by the end of the book, Julia has learned to forgive her parents for there bad parenting and has learned from them so she can apply this knowledge to her own parenting skills.
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Ones skills as a parent are heavily influenced by their own childhood, and it is usually either really positive or really negative. In this case, it sounds like it is positive because this person learned to correct their parents mistakes. But on the other hand, if you were treated so terribly as a child and do not have the skills to heal your emotional scars, then you could take it out on your kids.
Oh my goodness! The three blogs I have read about been related to parents! Even my own outside reading book, Beautiful Children by Charles Bock, had many themes referring to how significantly parents and parenting affect one's life. So many kids with a troubled past have come from the roots of their parents and the choices they make.
It's good to know that Julia is forgiving her parents for their bad parenting style. Forgiveness is a good trait to have. It's also comforting to know that Julia is learning from their mistakes, and not just making the same mistakes that they unfortunately did. Good post!
YEAH! just like Laney said, there are so many stories that relate to parents and we can learn how to become our selves from their advice and mistakes. Knowing that Julia's parents weren't always there the way she needed them to be, i'm sure she won't ever treat a child that way, knowing how it feels. And because Julia's upbringing we can see that she's definitely learned a lot from it. It's great that Julia was able to forgive her parents, regardless of how tough things were, seeing what happened i'm not sure i'd be able to be strong enough to forgive him for some of their behavior, she's special.
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