One scene I looked at in the episode of Roseanne was when Roseanne had the meeting with her daughter’s history teacher. I thought it was interesting how the teacher said it could be possible that the mother wasn’t spending enough time with her daughter, yet Roseanne seemed to ignore this and insist she was doing fine. It was interesting to me how in the business of the daily grind, Roseanne was more concerned with her own career and making enough money to support her family than she was with the emotional connection she was apparently lacking with her daughter. This makes me wonder how family structure has changed in the last couple decades, since schedules are getting busier and busier, leaving parents less time to spend with their kids. On one hand, this may result in kids becoming more self-reliant, since their parents aren’t hovering over them as much as they might have in past generations. Yet on the other hand, it could also result in kids picking up bad habits, since they don’t have that solid parental foundation to lean on as an example of what to do. Personally, I believe it will not be a big deal, since parents will still be there for their kids, just maybe in more of a hands-off role than in previous times. Each way has its advantages and disadvantages, but I think the more hands-off parenting style will be good. It will allow children to learn more responsibility. Since they will be learning from their mistakes themselves, rather than having their parents micromanage them and say no every time they consider doing anything wrong, they will be better prepared for life as adults.
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