A Rose For Emily And The Gift Analysis

It has been shown in several studies that children are influenced by the entire world around them, especially, by their parents. As seen in everyday life, many scientific studies, and in the pieces “The Gift” by Li-Young Lee and “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, how parents raise their children affects who the children grow up to be and how they behave as children and adults. “The Gift” shows how an authoritative parenting style paired with love and compassion which leads to positive behavior in the child, whereas, in “A Rose for Emily” the aggressive authoritarian parenting shown leads to seclusion and violence in the child.

In modern psychology there are four main types of parenting, which includes, authoritative, neglectful, permissive,

Overall, loving and compassionate authoritative parenting styles lead to more well rounded and well behaved children (Uji). The poem “The Gift” tells the story of a young boy that had a very loving and caring father that helped the boy when it was necessary. The boy then took that life lesson of compassion and kindness with him as an adult and he helps his wife in similar ways (Li-Young lines 20-23). This piece, allows the reader to see that some understanding and gentleness is essential when it comes to parenting. This way the children can learn from that empathy and become better adults. In the study by Uji, Masayo, et al., they found that authoritarian parenting had negative effects on children’s emotional health, but authoritative parenting was positive for children. Uji, Masayo, et al. clarify that the negative effects they refer to include emotional instability, poverty, and poor parent-child relationships when the children reach adulthood. While the positive effects include good emotional health, success in their careers, and healthy parent-child relationships. This leads to the conclusion that authoritative parenting allows for better relationships and communication between parents and their children which is essential for the children to be successful as adults. The study conducted by Morgan, et al. found that the people they followed that had productive, healthy relationship with their parents were more likely to be happy and successful adults. Flouri, et al.’s results also found that healthy relationships between parents and their children lead to emotionally healthier and more emotionally resilient children overall. As shown in “The Gift,” and in all of these studies, which share similar results, parents matter a great deal to their children’s