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The Glass Castle Parenting Style
In the memoir The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls uninvolved parenting style most exemplifies Rex and Rosemary Walls. In the article, “The Four Styles of Parenting” by Kendra Cherry, she says “an uninvolved parenting style is characterized by little communication.” Rex and Rosemary Walls display little communication to their children. In the novel Jeannette says “I thought of discussing the fight with Dad, but I didn’t want to sound like a whiner. I did try to talk to Mom. I couldn’t bring myself to tell her about the beatings, fearing that if I did, she’d try to butt in and she’d also only make things worse” (Walls 140). Jennette did not know how to communicate to her parents about her getting bullied at school without them making the situation

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