We Need to Talk About Kevin and House Rules

The role of a parent or guardian is to nurture and help their child/children grow to full development to become an asset to society. It is important for their child to feel compassion as well as discipline. It is the parent’s responsibility to instill right and wrong as well as other good characteristics in their child's mind in order to work well with others such as their family members and soon to be classmates. This ensures that siblings will take care of each other and learn to take care of themselves when growing up and adjusting to society. In both Lionel Shriver's We Need to Talk about Kevin and Jodi Picoult's House Rules, a boy is convicted of murder because of behavior development issues. The novels show the challenges of nurturing children with development and psychological issues in different family environments. Throughout both novels parenting styles are shown often hard to execute and show great impact on a child's development in their future. This causing the mothers to blame themselves when tragedy is brought to their home. Due to many factors such as bias media representations and society's prejudice aspect of the situation the parents are found almost unable to cope with their situations. Finding the right bond in a family is tough for both parents and children and is one of the key components to coping with a family issue without feeling repressed or hated.

A relationship between child and parent is often believed to be the building blocks of boundaries and limitations in the child's future. In both novels the parenting approaches differ in many ways, in House Rules the mother focuses on maintaining a healthy environment for her child, whereas in We Need To Talk About Kevin the other mother is in complete ties ...

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...vin as he is detached from the family and will not mature enough to take the responsibility. It is the parent’s responsibility to raise a child in a firm but loving household allowing them to develop and grow to have good morals and values. The role of a parent or guardian is to nurture and help their child/children grow to full development to become an asset to society. Having a strong parent-child bond as well as a strong sibling relationship is key to a healthy development and growth within a child.

Works Cited

Dillner, Luisa. "The sibling bond." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, 1 Aug. 2009. Web. 01 Dec.

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Picoult, Jodi. House rules: a novel. New York: Atria Books, 2010. Print.

Shriver, Lionel. We need to talk about Kevin: a novel. New York: Harper Perennial, 2011. Print.