Wrong Decisions In Jenna's The Adoration Of Jenna Fox

Parents have a large impact on their children's lives, and depending on what type of parent they are, the child will act differently in the

She noticed that her daughter became frustrated, because she did not know what to do with her free time. The girl then began to explore different ways to entertain herself. Shell realized that allowing her child to think for herself, made her feel like she had something to offer. Shell concludes by stating that letting children become independent opens doors for them to become successful. Although Shell is right for stating that children need to explore in order to become confident and successful, she fails to

In a person’s childhood, most of their major decisions that they are faced with in life are made by their parents or guardians. Parents make the decisions for them because they want the best for their children, and want them to have a good chance to survive in the real world when they reach adulthood. After childhood however, they must make decisions for themselves, which will eventually lead them towards their dreams or the life their parents were afraid of. In the book The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore, the decisions that were made for the author Wes Moore, led him away from living the life of a criminal, to living the life of a very successful man. In his life, Wes’s mom (Joy) made most of the important decisions that led him to success.

If people get wise when they get older imagine what would happen if people lived tripled our lifespan. In the novel The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson, the main character Jenna gets in a car crash and almost doesn’t make it but, her dad works for a company that created bio gel which takes Nero chips to create or fix a life form. Jenna had one side effect from this bio gel. She didn’t know the life shelf leaving her to live up to 260 years.

Children talk about how their parents abandoned them and left them behind. For instance, Enrique states, “I wouldn’t be this way if I had two parents” (198).Enrique tells his mother that he acts this way because both of his parents were never in his life. Enrique acts out because his parents are not in his life . He says that if his parents were in his life, then he would of never choose to sniff glue or join a gang before he reconnected with his mother. Also, Enrique says to his mother that “You long ago lost the right to tell me what to do” (198).

Children need their parents because they need someone that 's there behind them all the time so they can do there work. By children not having their parents it also affects them by going to

Children need to be children. Children need to fantasize and learn, not feel less than others. Children’s voices should be heard, like an angel on your shoulder, not as an

But with all this pressure from parents to succeed and be number one, it takes a toll on kid’s ability to learn and thoroughly consider their future ambitions. Some parents exert pressure unintentionally, which can be seen when a young adult, such as a senior in high school, is trying to choose a career path. In Ellie Williams’s article, she points out that 41% of teens end up choosing their parents career or the career their parents suggest. This means almost half of all the teens in this country and around the world are choosing careers based on someone else's opinion. The result is a generation of young adults who have low self-esteem, little determination, and few ambitions of their own.

In this book specifically, the separation of children from their mothers. From the moment their mothers say goodbye, children consider their mothers to be, “larger than life,” (7). In their mothers’ absence, children long for their care and support. This highlights the importance of a mother’s role in a child’s life. Even in more developed countries, some children suffer psychologically while growing up due to the absence of a mother-figure, or any other parental figure.

So when they make decisions, it may not always be their choice. For example, if a parent told their child to go and steal something, they might not know any better and then they’d

“If we never give our children permission to get things wrong... they’re unlikely to ever learn how to get things right” (Glass and Tabatsky xxi). Jennifer Finney Boylan discusses in The Overparenting Epidemic that when parents try to drive their child to be perfect and do not allow them to make mistakes, it usually results in children who fear taking risks or failing. Helicopter parents become too invested in the lives of their children by doing their best to prevent their child from experiencing failure or danger in any way. Although they believe that they are preventing their child from feeling sad or disappointed, they are actually causing destruction, damaging the child’s self esteem and creating trust issues.

When Jenna Fox was in a car accident with her two best friends, she wasn't supposed to recover. Jenna Fox was seventeen years old at the time of the accident. She was in a coma for a year after the collision. When she awoke from the coma she remembered very little. In The Adoration of Jenna Fox, the author Mary E. Pearson teaches us that your decisions can change your life drastically when Jenna makes the judgement to go to the party eventually causing the accident and grief of her family and friends.

As a child we watch our parents and we learn from them. We learn how to cook, how to clean, how to raise children, how to do right from wrong, how to work, how to do things we don't want to, how to be happy, how to have fun, and many more things.

Becoming a parent is a task that cannot be taken lightly. It is a task filled with frustration, responsibilities and dedication, but is also filled with joy and satisfaction. From children learning how to behave to them going out with friends, rules, standards and expectations are set mostly by their parents. Parents make most of their children’s decision in the first couple of years from behalf from what they eat for breakfast from setting their curfew as they get older. As children began grow, they began to make their own choices and learn to deal with the consequence of their mistakes.

As a child you are reliant on your parents to help you become who you are. Part of that involves their own distinct opinions that of which children don’t have the maturity to form on their