lois-
i think that lois has had a negative effect on the developtment of her children, as we've seen francis is basically still dependent in many ways on lois, first of all she sent him to military school when he was sixteen and he never lived at home again and by the end of the series he was just obsessed with her. just finished watching emancipation and he says in the end that he's had 3 and a half years at that school, continuation error?
she's made reese what he is by being too hard on him, in the episode "reese cooks" she should have never taken cooking away from him, thinking about it cooking was the one good thing going on for him, the one thing he could actually do well, and he has to be afraid that his mom will take it away if he does anything wrong. she was also not very good at controlling her son all in all, for example in the episode "evacuation" she just let reese run his own black market basically, if she couldn't take care of her (then four) five children she should have been more diligent from the start and not have so many children.
she's ruined malcolm's life by putting way too much pressure on him, she has huge plans for him and even makes him help the other children with their homework yet she spends HIS grant and in the episode "evacuation" grounds him for doing what she wants him to do, study!
i'm not saying she's ruining dewey's life, he's too young for us to know that but she probably didn't give him the attention he needed.
jamie- ?
but as has been brought up in many episodes the wilkerson's boys have a taste for trouble and she needs to be the way she is with them or they'll just do nothing. in the episode "convention" she says it'll be nice to not yell at anyone for a few days but then immediately yells at a driver on the road, maybe she's just prone to screaming and being all around mean.
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hal-
hal's effect on francis i'm not sure of, francis is already out of the house by 16 but most of the times he's visited at military school he gets francis beat up by the other cadets, except in "mini-bike" he finally understands why francis is a "trouble maker" at military school.
he's basically steered away from reese a bit and has admitted that he's a bit slow and has given up on him, as shown in "flashback" he filled reese with idea's and childhood stories of hal's own youth.
with malcolm he basically just trys to help him through what's basically a very tough time being in his youth and yet being so far advanced intelligence wise, supports him and tries to spend time with him.
with dewey i'm not sure.
jamie - ?
so through it all i think he's had a positive effect on his children and made sure even with a mother like lois they still have a bit of fun.
this is just my opinion and if anyone replies i'm sure they or you'll have yours
:rockon: hal unk:
i think that lois has had a negative effect on the developtment of her children, as we've seen francis is basically still dependent in many ways on lois, first of all she sent him to military school when he was sixteen and he never lived at home again and by the end of the series he was just obsessed with her. just finished watching emancipation and he says in the end that he's had 3 and a half years at that school, continuation error?
she's made reese what he is by being too hard on him, in the episode "reese cooks" she should have never taken cooking away from him, thinking about it cooking was the one good thing going on for him, the one thing he could actually do well, and he has to be afraid that his mom will take it away if he does anything wrong. she was also not very good at controlling her son all in all, for example in the episode "evacuation" she just let reese run his own black market basically, if she couldn't take care of her (then four) five children she should have been more diligent from the start and not have so many children.
she's ruined malcolm's life by putting way too much pressure on him, she has huge plans for him and even makes him help the other children with their homework yet she spends HIS grant and in the episode "evacuation" grounds him for doing what she wants him to do, study!
i'm not saying she's ruining dewey's life, he's too young for us to know that but she probably didn't give him the attention he needed.
jamie- ?
but as has been brought up in many episodes the wilkerson's boys have a taste for trouble and she needs to be the way she is with them or they'll just do nothing. in the episode "convention" she says it'll be nice to not yell at anyone for a few days but then immediately yells at a driver on the road, maybe she's just prone to screaming and being all around mean.
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hal-
hal's effect on francis i'm not sure of, francis is already out of the house by 16 but most of the times he's visited at military school he gets francis beat up by the other cadets, except in "mini-bike" he finally understands why francis is a "trouble maker" at military school.
he's basically steered away from reese a bit and has admitted that he's a bit slow and has given up on him, as shown in "flashback" he filled reese with idea's and childhood stories of hal's own youth.
with malcolm he basically just trys to help him through what's basically a very tough time being in his youth and yet being so far advanced intelligence wise, supports him and tries to spend time with him.
with dewey i'm not sure.
jamie - ?
so through it all i think he's had a positive effect on his children and made sure even with a mother like lois they still have a bit of fun.
this is just my opinion and if anyone replies i'm sure they or you'll have yours
:rockon: hal unk:
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