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Effective Use Of Parenting Styles In Boyz N The Hood

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In the movie “Boyz N The Hood”, many things contributed to the outcomes of the characters Tre, Ricky, and Doughboy (Darren). Tre’s parents used the authoritative parenting styles. While he was with his mother he signed a contract that if he got in any more trouble he would have to go live with his father. When he came to live with his father, he was given chores to do around the house and he had no choice, but to do them. Furious expected Tre to do well in school and respect those around him. Although Furious was always there to offer advice, he allowed his son to make his own decisions and expected that he would make the right choices. As for Ricky and Doughboy’s mother there were two different parenting style towards the children. I would …show more content…

Reva (Tre’s mother) sent him to live with his father because she did not want to see him go down the wrong road. There are just some things about manhood that a woman cannot teach her son. Furious made his son work for whatever he wanted by making him do chores and then getting a job when he was old enough. It’s not made clear why Brenda was so hard on Doughboy, but always gave praise to Ricky. Usually the male represents authority and power and without that in Doughboy’s home he may not have seen a real threat to do better. Brenda might have a negative attitude towards Doughboy because of who his father is/was (not mentioned in movie). The community was surrounded with drugs, violence, gangs, and police brutality. Tre could rely on his intelligence, Ricky had football, and not having an outlet Doughboy become a part of the …show more content…

In the microsystem, Brenda tells Doughboy that he pretty much will not amount to anything, so he goes down the path of jail, gangs, and eventually death. Brenda uplifts Ricky because she has faith that he will be great on day, so Ricky becomes a star football player, get a 710 on the SAT, but unfortunately was killed by the Bloods. Furious was strict on Tre about doing chores, being responsible, and smart, so Tre continued to do well in school and get accepted into Morehouse. In the mesosystem, Tre’s parents wanted him to stay out of trouble, but his neighborhood promoted the opposite. When Tre was little his teacher recommended that his family go to counseling because of lack of guidance, which offended Reva because she was working on her master’s degree. As a result, Reva took him out of that school and sent him to live with his father. In the exosystem, neighbors tend to mind their own business and only intervene to hear what happened. In the movie, one of the original gang of friends named Chris later was in a wheelchair because he had gotten shot. Further down the line Ricky and Doughboy got killed and everyone else went their own ways. In the macrosystem, Black people have to deal with police profiling. The black police officer in the movie said that it was bad that Furious did not kill the intruder because “it would be one less nigga out here in the

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