Good Parents In The Glass Castle By Jeannette Walls

In Jeannette Walls memoir The Glass Castle, the Walls show characteristics of good parents. They are imaginative, very smart, and caring.
Rex Walls has a big imagination throughout the memoir. He has a plan to “find gold” and build their dream house, “ the Glass Castle,” (Walls 25). Rex Walls made that plan because “people were after” him and he needed a cover up. He used the Glass Castle as a disguise to keep the children fro worrying about why the traveled so much. Jeannette Walls believed there was a demon underneath her bed. Rex Walls expressed how the demon had “evil eyes with fire in ‘em,” to go along with Jeannette’s imagination (Walls 36). When dealing with kids, imagination plays an important role.
The Walls are very smart parents.

They taught their children “how to aim and fire” a pistol (Walls 21). That is a very smart decision because that can be used as survival skill. They taught the kids useful things at a young age. At five years old, Rosemary taught them to “read books without pictures,” (Walls 20). The decision that the Walls make for their children are smart because they can grow up to be very intelligent.
Rosemary and Rex Walls care a lot about their children. Although they are constantly moving, the make it a priority that the kids have what they need. When Jeannette and Brian went to school without lunch, Rex “appeared in the doorway with a grocery bag” with lunch for them ( Walls 78). The shows how he will never let his children down despite the financial situation. Rosemary told the kids to “ignore the fuddy-buddies,” because she doesn’t want them to care about what people think of them. She cares alot about their dignity.
Rosemary and Rex Walls are very good parents. They make smart decisions for their children, they have a big imagination, and they would do anything for their kids because they care about them.