Sorry.
That's right, in advance I am sorry for this post because I know it won't be recieved warmly :laugh:
But in my honest opinion, Lois is an awful parent.
Let's face it, she shipped Francis off to Military School when he was just a sixteen year old kid. She didn't care what sort of torture he would be under there, and, as the show says, very rarely informed him of anything. People can say "ohhh, Francis wazzz a troublesome kidd", but in reality, some good parenting would have gone a long way with Francis to PREVENT him from being a troublesome kid.
One episode in particular I think Lois is particularly awful. Garage Sale. How the HELL can she not see that she ISN'T helping Reese's moral, and is just showing so much favourtism for him over Malcolm and Dewey. I don't blame Reese AT ALL for what happened in that episode, it was all awful parenting by Lois. Reese sells Dewey's piggybank for way too cheap, it had money IN IT, and when Dewey gives this perfectly valid argument to Lois, she claims he's "as bad as Malcolm", then continues to heap praise on Reese, whilst telling Dewey she literally doesn't want to hear another sound out of him. Disgraceful.
In the episode when Reese's teacher is out to get him, she forces Malcolm to tutor Reese. Awful. Awful for everybody involved. It undermines Reeses' moral, because his younger brother is teaching him, it makes Malcolm miserable because he has to spend hours of his own time doing something he doesn't want to do, and, although we find out Reese's teacher IS out to get him, for a long while it wasn't helping Reese's grades at all. And AGAIN in that episode, Lois says she would make Malcolm suffer through years in a remedial class, just so Reese could have a minor head-start. Again, not Reese's fault, just poor parenting by Lois.
Then there's the final episode. She forces Reese out of the house. I mean, what the hell? I don't care if he's 19 now, you don't force your own children out of the house. She didn't in any way encourage Reese to persue a career in his obvious talent, cooking, and just seemed content to get rid of him, and force him to move in with Craig. That was the worst parenting of all IMO.
So, Francis got shipped out at 16, Malcolm goes to College at 18, where Lois states the plan is for him to suffer for a long time (which doesn't NEED to happen), Reese gets booted out at 19. I just feel sorry for Dewey, Jamie and the baby to be. Will any of them recieve any better parenting from Lois? I doubt it.
So, in my honest opinion, Lois is an awful parent. Simple.
That's right, in advance I am sorry for this post because I know it won't be recieved warmly :laugh:
But in my honest opinion, Lois is an awful parent.
Let's face it, she shipped Francis off to Military School when he was just a sixteen year old kid. She didn't care what sort of torture he would be under there, and, as the show says, very rarely informed him of anything. People can say "ohhh, Francis wazzz a troublesome kidd", but in reality, some good parenting would have gone a long way with Francis to PREVENT him from being a troublesome kid.
One episode in particular I think Lois is particularly awful. Garage Sale. How the HELL can she not see that she ISN'T helping Reese's moral, and is just showing so much favourtism for him over Malcolm and Dewey. I don't blame Reese AT ALL for what happened in that episode, it was all awful parenting by Lois. Reese sells Dewey's piggybank for way too cheap, it had money IN IT, and when Dewey gives this perfectly valid argument to Lois, she claims he's "as bad as Malcolm", then continues to heap praise on Reese, whilst telling Dewey she literally doesn't want to hear another sound out of him. Disgraceful.
In the episode when Reese's teacher is out to get him, she forces Malcolm to tutor Reese. Awful. Awful for everybody involved. It undermines Reeses' moral, because his younger brother is teaching him, it makes Malcolm miserable because he has to spend hours of his own time doing something he doesn't want to do, and, although we find out Reese's teacher IS out to get him, for a long while it wasn't helping Reese's grades at all. And AGAIN in that episode, Lois says she would make Malcolm suffer through years in a remedial class, just so Reese could have a minor head-start. Again, not Reese's fault, just poor parenting by Lois.
Then there's the final episode. She forces Reese out of the house. I mean, what the hell? I don't care if he's 19 now, you don't force your own children out of the house. She didn't in any way encourage Reese to persue a career in his obvious talent, cooking, and just seemed content to get rid of him, and force him to move in with Craig. That was the worst parenting of all IMO.
So, Francis got shipped out at 16, Malcolm goes to College at 18, where Lois states the plan is for him to suffer for a long time (which doesn't NEED to happen), Reese gets booted out at 19. I just feel sorry for Dewey, Jamie and the baby to be. Will any of them recieve any better parenting from Lois? I doubt it.
So, in my honest opinion, Lois is an awful parent. Simple.