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The Impact of Parenting in the Modern World

In "Daddy" by Sylvia Plath, the author narrates her terror and suffering in a lyrical and

haunting way. This cry is an echo of Mother Goose while there is a darker resonation that can be

associated with World War II. In this poem the father is the black shoe, a vampire and all the bad

names used to describe him. The narrator is apparently trapped and isolated and she idolized the

man. In a real sense, she is trapped in the black show that is in the sack that carrier her father's

bones. This poem is replete with disturbing images, and that is the reason many refer to it as "the

Guernica of modern poetry."

In "In the Waiting Room" by Elizabeth Bishop, the narrator is sitting in a dentist's office

in Massachusetts, waiting for her aunt, who is seeing a doctor. "In the Waiting Room" begins

with the speaker, Elizabeth, sitting in the waiting room at the dentist's office on a dark winter

afternoon in Massachusetts. While she waits for her aunt, who is seeing the dentist. To keep

herself busy she picks newspaper and magazines in which she sees several physical geographical

features. When she hears her aunt crying in the doctor's office, she thinks it I her cry. She looks

around and understands a few heads of adults and can rarely relate to them. The theme in this

book is she sees herself and her humanity. Here she is trying to compare herself and others in the

room.
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For instance, the similarities between her and her aunt that went to see the doctor. She

also compares herself and the women she sees in the magazine. In this context, she is trying to

think and figure out how she is connected to them as well as the features that make her different.

She is overwhelmed, and the room is lit. She thinks she is sliding below a black wave. However,

soon after, she wakes up from the reverie and realized she is in Boston, and the World War is on.

Maya Angelou is one of the most renowned poets whose works inspired many. In "Still I

Rise," she talks of self-respect and confidence. She highlights how she will overcome anything

that will try to rob her of self-confidence. Coming from a black woman who was facing racism

and being segregated at the time, Angelou was speaking on behalf of many women that were

going through rough time taking on blows after blows to their confidence.

The most common element among these three readings is apparent parenting. They could

have been written decades ago, but they still resonate with the theme of parenting even today. In

this essay, I will examine the problem of poor parenting, how deep-rooted it as well as what they

can do to overcome this challenge. Often children themselves oppressed by the very people who

ought to protect them from any harm. However, the same people end up crushing them in the

worst way possible.

Parents should inspire their children and not threaten them. Today we live in a world

where no one is guaranteed their security. This is more so the case with girls and women. Many

of them are suffering silently. In Daddy, the last stanza narrates how she felt oppressed. She says

that she was not only felt suffocated by the father but also feared him. The fear she says was so

intense that she could hardly imagine breathing or sneezing in his presence. This is an example

of poor parenting.
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The second stanza sees the narrator reveal the desire to kill and get rid of the father. She

says, "I have to kill you." The following lines show that she did not have a chance to kill the

father because he had already died. In her feelings, it is apparent that she does not regret her

conviction to kill the father. In her reference to his, she says that he is an "indicating she

considered her father in the same breath as God. They were two of her biggest scared and always

led her to trepidation.

This negative energy is a result of the mistreatment she was getting from him. He made

her feel scared at the sight of him. A father is supposed to fill his daughter with confidence and

optimism. Unfortunately, this was not the case for the narrator in this case. There are many

instances when father mistreats their daughters. With a high degree of vulnerability for the

daughters. The same theme is displayed in other books. Elizabeth considers herself different

from the rest of the people in the room. It is because she is afraid as a result of the maltreatment

that she received from her caregivers. Maya Angelou also wants to motivate women that they

should not be scared of anything but be firm.

Child mistreatment is one of the biggest problems that affect thousands of young ones

every year. The maltreatments could be physical abuse, emotional assault, neglect, and sexual

abuse. These kinds of abuses are dangerous and have ramifications on both the child and their

families. Social workers are frequently moving abused children out of their homes to go and

evaluate the extent of the abuse that they suffered. The aim here is to help them overcome the

setback and go back to their healthy lives. Most of the time, it is not easy for them to rediscover

their former selves.

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Parents should be the custodians of their peace. As for the case of "Daddy," the father is

the abuse that complicates everything. The father is supposed to have peace and happiness for

their child. However, in this case, it is regrettable that the child was afraid of her father due to the

way he was mistreating her. Human rights organizations indicate that failed marriages are the

causes of many of the problems that children encounter. The dysfunctions mean that they cannot

get the necessary attention and care that they need.

Statistical data indicates that the number of child abuse cases that are reported to child

rights agencies is increasing by the day. The most shocking reality about this is the fact the more

than 50 percent of these cases are inflicted by close relatives majorly brother sisters and parents.

When subjected to these abuses, they are likely to lead in different lives, and their identities will

be disrupted (Steigberg et al. 1266). Elizabeth is intrigued when she reads the magazine with

hanging breasts that horrify her.

Parents should lead and encourage their children on what is right or wrong. Elizabeth is

very embarrassed and cannot stop reading the paper. When her aunt screams, she experiences an

out of body moment that kicks off her self-awareness. This is a very critical moment for any

child's growth. They have to be in good hands for them to grow better. In this context, it could be

that she was overwhelmed when she saw the features of a female's body and that cream that

made her run mad.

From the reactions, it is clear that her responses to her femaleness were all negative. She

was shell shocked to realize that she could be female. That is why she looked around for clues on

whether she was different from other people that were in the room. She was very repulsive about

it. When Maya Angelou says that she will overcome all challenges that stand on her way, she
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intends to say that we should be brave. Elizabeth needs this that anyone else. The issue of

parenting is critical in the world today. Parents need to find an excellent way to bring up their

children so that they develop in responsible adults.

Without these attributes, the children will have many challenges. They will have an

identity crisis. To achieve this, parents need to act responsibly as a way of inspiring good morals

in their children. These three texts are unified in the sense that they highlight poor parenting and

motivation for the children to grow up brave. Good parenting is priceless. It makes the difference

in children loving their parents and hating them.

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Works Cited

Angelou, Maya, and Heywood Hale Broun. Still I rise. Jeffrey Norton Publishers, 1994.

Bishop, Elizabeth. "In the waiting room." The Complete Poems 1 2 1 (1979).

Plath, Sylvia. Daddy. na, 1962.

Steinberg, Laurence, et al. "Impact of parenting practices on adolescent achievement:

Authoritative parenting, school involvement, and encouragement to succeed." Child

development 63.5 (1992): 1266-1281.