Comedy is just his external performance. In essence, he is a film that teaches you to discover the problems in family education and how to solve them. If you have watched the American family parenting help reality show "Nanny 911", then you will easily understand why the filming method of "Modern Family" is a pseudo-documentary method, and the protagonist will look at the camera as if greeting you . Every time when facing the camera to make an interview, the problem will be revealed or the key to the problem will be pointed out. The middle class in the United States has always attached great importance to children's education, so it is natural that "The Troubles of Growing Up" became popular many years ago. However, the family in "The Troubles of Growing Up" is too single, and the father is a psychologist, and most of the problems are solved by his father's introspection. This has widened the distance from the ordinary family, so the "Cheng" drama should be regarded as more From the point of view of sitcoms, because the problem is not close to life, the operability of solving the problem is not very strong, but the image of Dad Jason does set an example for parents with children. I always feel that I should learn from his education. Method and patience. And a reality show like "Nanny 911" will make some impatient parents reluctant to watch it, because the children inside are really a headache. The success of "Modern Family" is that the problems he presents are very close to life. If young parents watch carefully, it is easy to find problems between their family members. When the characters in the play solve problems, most of the problems are solved. The method of behaviorism has practical value, rather than most methods of introspection. At the same time, the show is full of jokes, and it is very comedic. It turns out that it is really entertaining and entertaining.
The first quarter of the first episode.
Basically, it is to familiarize everyone with the members of the three families and their general personalities and conflicts, so the focus is not prominent, or even a bit scattered, but it also shows a lot of problems. Each of the following episodes basically has a very prominent point.
At the beginning of the show, I taught the parents in the audience a lesson. When the mother Claire in the play called the children to eat but no one took care of it. What you see is the father Phil holding the phone and playing intently, and the daughter Haley holding the phone. Later, I complained to my mother for not yelling, just send text messages. You will understand what is meant by precepts and deeds. A friend of mine asked my daughter if she was obsessed with playing mobile phones, and I said no, but her daughter was so obsessed, she cried if she didn't play. I immediately pointed out whether your husband and wife often play mobile phones in front of her. She said: "How do you know." I said, "Do you still have to ask, because children are not born to play mobile phones." So I almost never play with my mobile phone or computer every day in front of our house.
Then, the husband and wife had completely opposite attitudes towards Haley's skirt being too short, and they expressed it directly to the child. This is one of the reasons for the conflict between the child and one of the parents, and the screenwriter also directly showed it to us. Therefore, my mother every day and I often discuss that we should not have inconsistent opinions in front of the child. You can avoid the discussion afterwards, but there must be a unified image in front of the child. Although occasionally I can’t help it, I must know how to do it. That's right, so you can restrain yourself. However, for Chinese people, there may be another situation where there is a disagreement with the child's grandparents. This is the Chinese characteristic.
The plot of the younger son Luke being fined and shot for hitting his sister with a toy gun is very funny, but it is a good solution, so that the child can know the truth of "do not do to others what you do not want to do" , Otherwise it’s just preaching: “Don’t shoot people with a gun.” Children can’t listen.
Claire faced her daughter’s boyfriend that was overly nervous and caused a lot of situations. I didn’t feel much because the daughter was still young, but I was also imagining how I would face her boyfriend if I grew up every day. What to do about her early love, this is a big problem.
In another family, Gloria treats his son Manny very well, even if his son pursues a girl who is much older than him. Perhaps the best thing for parents to do is to encourage their children, not to discourage their little self-confidence. But we ourselves will set too many "no"s for our children in our lives, no such, no such...We protect our children in our arms, which seems to be love, and it seems to be a kind of harm to the future.
The first episode ended in seemingly scattered chaos. The theme of the
second episode of
the first season is how to be a great father. The screenwriter set up three kinds of fathers, which are very typical.
The first is Mitchell, the father who pays too much attention to his children; the
second is Phil, who knows that he needs to pay attention to his children, but to no avail; the
third is the father Jay, who does not pay attention to his children at all.
Nowadays, among parents who search for parenting knowledge online, read parenting books, enter parenting forums, or are busy taking their children to early education classes, there is always one like Mitchell, who does everything for the children, often saying "this is for the good of the children." Talking about it (I am one of them, but it's not that serious yet). So we care about how others think of our children, care about any feelings of the children, and even whether the children are lagging behind other children in some way. We ask family members to pay attention to the children as much as ourselves. The result is that the family relationship is tense and the children are too much. Lost a lot of freedom and the joy of self-growth in being concerned. In the play, Mitchell asks Cameron to change clothes and steal the building blocks built by other children. This shows the unhealthy mentality of our parents. This reminds me of one time in the first two months that I was anxious because my daughter did not paint well when the other child was drawing. Fortunately, I realized how wrong I was in a few minutes. Later, I realized more how I was at that moment. After becoming so mundane, isn’t the imagination of children more important than painting skills? For parents like us who pay too much attention to their children, what we need to do is to let our children grow up. Don't underestimate the children's own abilities.
There are also many fathers like Phil, who often oppose his wife’s parenting methods in front of his wife, try to be friends with the children, make some decisions without discussing with his wife, and even say that he is fine in front of the children and will not Treating you like a mother is one of the important reasons for conflicts between husband and wife and between wife and children. After Phil bought a bicycle for Luke, he was afraid to let go. He was worried that the child would lose the car without a sense of responsibility. As a result, the purpose of buying a bicycle became to tell the child "You really have no sense of responsibility" and "You really can't do it well." So I wanted to steal the child's car to teach Luke a lesson. Many parents have warned themselves to be friends with their children, but they often suddenly become friends when their children make mistakes, and become a condescending educator (I also have a little tendency in this respect). Isn’t this the same? What about split personality? Or did they not learn how to deal with the relationship with the child correctly. This episode has already told me what was wrong, but how can I really be a friend of my child? Maybe the next episode will give me the answer.
Manny is not Jay's biological son, and their relationship is not pleasing to each other or even talking to each other. In fact, in real life, too many biological fathers and sons do not speak to each other. How can this state of mutual indifference change? Manny’s mother, Gloria, is a very smart person. She said, “If you have two donkeys that hate each other, let them pull the same car.” So she arranged for the father and son to repair the fans, no matter what kind of communication, It's better than no communication. Jay is actually a very caring father. When Manny's biological father broke the appointment and did not come to see Manny, Jay told Manny a white lie to maintain the beautiful image of the child's biological father. Rather than telling the child about the biological father.
So at the end, this good father Jay made a summary. Being a good father may face many difficulties, but we have to believe that the boat will be straight at the top of the bridge. Sometimes the essence of being a father may be just showing up.
The snail speed to be continued...
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