Social Status

            There are several movies out there in the world that show us different forms of social status. They show us the stereotypical high-class families, middle-class families, and lower-class families. No matter what the stereotype is in the movie I wanted to know if this stereotype was real. In movies and shows, they really focus on the high-class and low-class families. This seems to show the drastic difference between the people’s lives. Sometimes the child growing up in the low class is rude and causes trouble. Sometimes it is the high-class child that is the bully. Some show that the low-class child is rude because the parents aren’t around. It shows the parents working hard for the family so that they always have food and a roof over their heads. Because of this, the child feels neglected, they come home from school and do not have someone to keep them out of trouble. Most of the time they do not go home. They go somewhere else and get into drugs and alcohol. Then there is the case where the high-class child is the bully. Their life looks perfect; perfect hair, perfect clothes, perfect shoes, perfect house, perfect everything. However, their life is not as perfect as it may seem. They go home to a big empty house that their parents worked hard for. It shows their parents caring only about their job. It shows them skipping the events that their child is in because they go on a business trip instead.

How do these movies that show us troublesome children apply to real life? How does this have anything to do with what happens in the real world? In the two different movie scenarios, you can see that the mental state of the child really has to do with the activity of their parents in their life. This is true in real life. It might not be so extreme in some cases but in others it is. The parent’s activity really does a lot for a child’s mental health. There have been studies that show that parents have a big impact on the child. Some solutions to the movie scenarios are as follows; first for the low-class family. If the parents take time to talk to their kids and let explain to them why they work so much it might help the child understand that the parents are doing everything for them. It will show the child that the parents love them and care deeply for them. Then if the parents get the chance to spend time with the children, they should take it. No matter how tired or what you want to do you should put your children first.  Then in the high-class family example, they could fix this by having the parents be more involved in their child’s life. If the child has a sport even, they should be there. If they have an arts showcase, the parents should be there. If the parents would make more time for their child, it would make it so that their mental health would be better, and they would be happier. Most of the time in movies and in real life the reason why we have bullies is that the person has something going on at home. They are sad, depressed, or angry. Then they take those emotions and force them on others because they do not want to be the only one that is miserable.

If you are starting your own family thinks about how you can show your future children that you care and love them. Not just with words but with actions. Show them by giving them your time, truly listen to them, and be engaged in what they have to say. Be there for their hard times to pick them back up off the ground back to their feet and be there for their happy times to celebrate with them. Being involved in your child’s life is how you can keep them out of trouble because if we learn anything from a two-year-old, it is that if you do not give them the attention they act out. Build that connection with your child so that you have the strongest bond.