H Lewis Glass Castle Project by Helen Lewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q Part 1 of Project en-us 2020-11-17 22:15:32 UTC 2026-03-17 07:51:59 UTC hello@padlet.com Negative Parenting helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/934274184 2020-11-17 22:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/934274184 Positive Parenting helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/934274951 2020-11-17 22:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/934274951 "I turned to see where it was coming from and realized my dress was on fire" (Walls 9). This quote shows negative parenting because her parents let her cook alone at the age of three. helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/954847335 2020-11-24 04:33:21 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/954847335 "Mom, in an unnaturally calm voice, explained what happened and asked if we could please have a ride to the hospital" (Walls 10). This quote shows positive parenting because even though they don't have the money for care, she was still taken to the hospital. helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/954850044 2020-11-24 04:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/954850044 "I lit another one, and this time i held it really close to Tinkerbell's face" (Walls 16). This quote shows negative parenting because even after she was burned, her parents still let Jeannette around fire and since she was around it so much, she became fascinated. helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/954861368 2020-11-24 04:41:47 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/954861368 "Dad came home in the middle of the night a few months later and roused all of us from bed. 'Time to pull up stakes and leave this shit-hole behind'" (Walls 17). This is another example of negative parenting because these kids are still very young and they are not being treated like kids. He woke everyone up for almost no reason and everyone still listened to him. helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/954885461 2020-11-24 04:55:58 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/954885461 Bringing up the Glass Castle was a sign of positive parenting because it made the kids very happy and formed a bond with their father because it gave them something to look forward to in their rough childhood. helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/954891859 2020-11-24 04:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/954891859 "'This lil' ol' scratch?' I asked, 'You should have seen what I did to them'" (Walls 45). This is where Jeanette is having to lie about the fights she would get in shows negative parenting in many ways. She had to lie to make it seem like she beat up more people and to make is seem like she won when in reality it should be the other way around. helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/954900315 2020-11-24 05:04:40 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/954900315 "'I guess we can eat less,' I said. 'We have before,' Lori said" (Walls 67). This quote shows negative parenting because it is normal for them to have to go so long without eating. helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/954903988 2020-11-24 05:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/954903988 "'Brian's a man, he can take it,' he said. 'I don't want to hear another word of this. Do you hear me?'" (Walls 148). This quote shows negative parenting because Rex did not care that Brian was molested by Rex's mother and told the kids to just forget about it. helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957656720 2020-11-24 19:42:43 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957656720 Rex gave Jeannette Venus as a present for Christmas and I feel that this is positive parenting because it forms a bond with Rex and his daughter and it was something that she never forgot. helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957662620 2020-11-24 19:44:27 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957662620 "'Lets really light up this Christmas,' Dad said and thrust the lighter into the Douglas fir" (Walls 115). This quote shows negative parenting because Rex made a fool of their whole family at church and when they got home he was so drunk that the lit the tree on fire. He ruined Christmas for them that year and they did not do anything about it because it was sort of expected out of him. helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957691633 2020-11-24 19:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957691633 "'Where are your lunches?' Dad asked us. We looked at each other and shrugged. 'There's no food in the house,' Brian said" (Walls 77). This shows negative parenting because Rex hasn't been paying attention to the children and Rose Mary has been wasting the money she is earning on herself. helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957702802 2020-11-24 19:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957702802 "'Sink or swim!' he called out. For the second time, I sank" (Walls 66). This is where Rex is trying to teach Jeannette how to swim by basically letting her barely drown. This is negative parenting because he did not tell her anything about swimming he just threw her in the water. helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957715997 2020-11-24 20:00:54 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957715997 Rose Mary bought herself a chocolate bar and saved it all for herself and even ate it in front of her children when they did not have anything to eat. This is negative parenting because she only cares about her own well being rather than her family. helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957728723 2020-11-24 20:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957728723 Rex using Jeannette for money and as a distraction is negative parenting because at they time she was very young as was at this bar with older men that were messing with her in bad ways. helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957737251 2020-11-24 20:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957737251 Rex giving Jeannette all of the money he had on him for her college is positive parenting because he believed in her and by giving her his money, she would be able to finish school and become successful. helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957740126 2020-11-24 20:08:47 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957740126 Negative parenting was showed when both Rex and Rose Mary left the kids with Erma even though they knew she was not the best person to be wit helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957831690 2020-11-24 20:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957831690 Rex would often disappear for multiple days to the point where it was normal. This is negative parenting because half of the time Rex would be a burden to the family and the other half he wasn't home. helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957849232 2020-11-24 20:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957849232 If the children all wanted to move out as soon as possible, which they all did, it proves that Rex and Rose Mary were bad parents. They caused so much unnecessary family drama to the point where their own children did not want to be with them. helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957924621 2020-11-24 21:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957924621 Negative parenting was also shown when Rose Mary kept the ring that Jeannette wanted to sell so that they could get food for themselves. Rose Mary only wanted to keep it to boost her ego helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957929653 2020-11-24 21:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957929653 Rex bought a Cadillac when they definitely could not afford it. This is negative parenting because he was only thinking about himself when he should be worrying about feeding his family. helenllewis https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957938962 2020-11-24 21:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/helenllewis/wpj9kim528msze5q/wish/957938962