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Parenthood: The Braverman Family

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I. Introduction Parenthood, a drama television series, attends to the adversity of an extended and imperfect family. The Bravermans are a blended California family who face a series of both fortunate and unfortunate events but together find a way to get by (Katims, 2010). Television consumers have been introduced to many fictional families overtime and continue to fall in love with family related television shows. Historically, the media has transformed and continues to adapt to the changes in present day family types. “Writers often take seeds from real life experiences and plant then in their scripts,” consumers both consciously or subconsciously attend to cues on television and want to apply what they see to their lives. (Lieberman, 2014). …show more content…

Main Analysis The varieties in family structure are exposed in the television series Parenthood. The small families within the Braverman family give relevant examples of the change. Each of the children in the show has their own unique support system. All families prove relevance to prior research conducted on the topic. Sarah, Adam, Crosby and Julia are in their late 30s and early 40s. All have steady jobs and agree on the importance of family. Sarah, a single 40-year-old mother of two, was previously married at a young age. Her and her husband Seth met on tour with his mediocre band; he the rock star, she the groupie. Alcohol and drugs came between the couple and Sarah no longer wanted to participate in the marriage. Sarah then moved herself and two children back home to Berkley, California to live with her parents Zeek and Camille. The life of Sarah Braverman includes more unfortunate events than the common norm, her being a single parent playing a large …show more content…

She is married to the very handsome Joel who previously was a contractor and now is a stay at home dad for daughter Syndey. Julia and Joel wanted to expand their family but found that it was no longer physically possible. They agree on adoption and have great amounts of trouble finding a child to welcome into their home. Time passes and their search does not further. Julia and Joel then agree to take in a Hispanic child whose mother was incarcerated and did not want her son falling into the foster care system (Katims, 2010). Their small and blended family definitely beats the norms previously held in society. This structure of family is familiar throughout our nations

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