JUNO’S RESILIENCY
JUNO’S RESILIENCY
Juno is a movie about a teenager facing an unplanned pregnancy. She seems wise and outgoing but when she learns about her pregnancy, she needs to find a way to become resilient and deal with this stress. As noted in Kirst-Ashman (2011), resiliency is “the ability of an individual (…) to recover from adversity, and resume functioning even when suffering serious trouble (…)” (p. 57). Analyzing Juno’s micro, mezzo, and macro systems, we understand how she is able to confront the challenges of the pregnancy in a reasonable and well-thought out manner.
Juno lives with her father, stepmother and half-sister and this would be considered part of her mezzo system. Her dad is retired from the Army and her stepmom works in a beauty salon. She considers having an abortion, but then decides that she will put the baby up for adoption. Even though her parents are surprised she is sexually active it seems that they are open to a teenager losing her virginity, and that relates to the macro system and the cultural values of the community they are a part of. Her family is very supportive and specifically, her stepmother helps her to find the appropriate prenatal care, which is also part of the macro system. She also has a good friend, Leah, who is part of her mezzo system, and she listens and offers Juno help to find a family for her baby. Initially, Paulie Bleeker, who is the father of her baby and also part of her mezzo system, does not participate in Juno’s decisions; she takes all the responsibility for the baby.
Juno meets Mark and Vanessa - an affluent white suburban couple who have been unable to conceive a child of their own. Mark and Vanessa seem like they would make great parents, and are eager to adopt Juno's unborn child. This couple is a great fit for Juno’s baby. They are rich, educated, professional, and adults. Juno feels “relatedness”, “the capacity to form attachment” (Payne, 2005, p. 151 in Kirst-Ashman, K. K., 2011, p. 24).
Juno is a movie about a teenager facing an unplanned pregnancy. She seems wise and outgoing but when she learns about her pregnancy, she needs to find a way to become resilient and deal with this stress. As noted in Kirst-Ashman (2011), resiliency is “the ability of an individual (…) to recover from adversity, and resume functioning even when suffering serious trouble (…)” (p. 57). Analyzing Juno’s micro, mezzo, and macro systems, we understand how she is able to confront the challenges of the pregnancy in a reasonable and well-thought out manner.
Juno lives with her father, stepmother and half-sister and this would be considered part of her mezzo system. Her dad is retired from the Army and her stepmom works in a beauty salon. She considers having an abortion, but then decides that she will put the baby up for adoption. Even though her parents are surprised she is sexually active it seems that they are open to a teenager losing her virginity, and that relates to the macro system and the cultural values of the community they are a part of. Her family is very supportive and specifically, her stepmother helps her to find the appropriate prenatal care, which is also part of the macro system. She also has a good friend, Leah, who is part of her mezzo system, and she listens and offers Juno help to find a family for her baby. Initially, Paulie Bleeker, who is the father of her baby and also part of her mezzo system, does not participate in Juno’s decisions; she takes all the responsibility for the baby.
Juno meets Mark and Vanessa - an affluent white suburban couple who have been unable to conceive a child of their own. Mark and Vanessa seem like they would make great parents, and are eager to adopt Juno's unborn child. This couple is a great fit for Juno’s baby. They are rich, educated, professional, and adults. Juno feels “relatedness”, “the capacity to form attachment” (Payne, 2005, p. 151 in Kirst-Ashman, K. K., 2011, p. 24).