What are the advantages and disadvantages of growing up with peers and not parents as Ponyboy does?
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Anonymous
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February 5, 2007
Some of the advantages of growing up with peers is that there is someone to look out for you if someone like the Soc’s come. Also, he doesn’t have many major rules with living with the peers. Some of the disadvantages of living without parents is, is that no one is able to really love or care about you.
The advantages of growing up with your peers is that you will learn good social skills and also you could also learn how to stand up to yourself just like Johnny did to Dally when he was being mean To Cherry and Marcia. Also the disadvantages of growing up with your peers is that like in the book if you are greasers you should probably not be alone at night because a Soc would most likely come by and jump you. The disadvantages without growing up with your parents really changed the way Dally and Ponyboy acted because now Dally is very strict, and before he wasn’t. The changes for Ponyboy were that now he is staying out at night sometimes not even coming home until the next day. The disadvantages without growing up with parents are that when you get in trouble there is no one to get you out of it.
It is a lot different to grow up around your friends than your family. As we find out early in the book Ponyboy’s parents died in a car crash. Your Parents can teach you what is good and what is bad, your friends can teach you what they think is cool and stuff. Although Ponyboy has two older brothers (Sodapop and Darry) he doesn’t have anyone to really support him when he is down or not feeling good.
Ponyboy has an advantage from growing up with peers and not parents. One advantage of growing up with peers and not parents is that he might learn to become a man faster from growing up with older peers. Another reason why it might be a advantage to grow up with peers that he might become tougher. He might become tougher because he has grown up with older peers and he gets roughed around so he learns how to handle himself.
Ponyboy has disadvantages of growing up without parents and with peers. One disadvantage about growing up without parents is that he will not know them and wont =know what they were like
One of the advantages of growing up without parents is that you will have a better feeling for society because you experience the world really all by yourself, no one to tell you wrong from right. Another good thing about not having parents is that you will have more freedom and with more freedom comes more responsibility. One of the disadvantages of growing up without parents are you does not have anybody to really love or care about you. Also, you will not have as much supervision without parents, which could get you into trouble, as Pony-boy experiences.
I'm surprised that many of you say that the absence of parents means an absence of love and caring. I think Ponyboy is deeply loved by his brothers and his gang, ut he is missing something. What is it? I think Jack may be on to something when he says "with more freedom comes more responsibilty."
Do you think that anyone will come up to the church with Dally when he comes to meet them?
I think that Soadpop will come up with Dally. I think that he will come up with him because he seems like the kind of person that would care for his brother and worry about him.
When you grow up with parents, you always have someone to take care of you and help you make the right choices. Sometimes peers aren’t very good at this because they don’t have as much experence as adults do. However, if you grow up with peers, you might be more independent since you have grown up looking after yourself. If you always live with peers instead of parents, though, you could get mixed up with gangs like Ponyboy and then get into trouble. Most people grow up with parents rather than peers, but either way could work out fine.
The good parts of growing up with friends and not parents is that he will get along better with his friends. Some of bad things are that the socs will always beat on him if he is alone. Also with out parents he will not be as understanding and compasonate.
There are many advantages and disadvantages to growing up with peers instead of parents. Without parents you never really are taught what is right or wrong, and dont have someone to care and get your needs for you such as food. With peers you have friends to play with but you do not have as many limits and can break the rules. If you grew up with parents and they were good parents they would teach you the limits of life. These are advantages and disadvantages of growing up peers instead of parents
One advantage of growing up with peers instead of parents is that your friends and you can talk about anything and you do not always want to tell your parents everything. Also, you can learn great social skills from your friends such as introducing yourself to a group and compromising. One disadvantage of growing up with peers instead of parents is that you may not have the same relationship with your friends that you would have with your parents because your parents have known you since you were born. Also, friends can move away and move on to other friends, but your parents can't forget about you even if they are bad parents and try to forget.
Some advantages are that you can get away with almos anything because you don't have parents but you can still be criticized by your peers. Some disadvanteges would be that you really arent truely loved by someone really special, because non of yours peers are going to tell you what is right and what is wrong!!! In my opinion I would like to have my parents.
The advantages of growing up with your friends/peers is that you can tell them things about your social life and they'll understand you. Parents sometimes don't always understand your everyday social life. It might be easier to tell your friends. The disadvantages of having to grow up with your peers is that they don't love you like your parents do. Yes, your friends might understand your problems, but your parents understand your feelings. Ponyboy is able to tell his friends his problems but no one truly understands why he is upset, except Soda, who is almost like a father figure to Ponyboy.
I think that it would be better to grow up with your parent rather than your peers. Although living with your peers would be fun and free it is good to have boundries. Your parents make sure you are always in good health and help you grow in order to have a succecsful carrer. This is why it is better to grow up with your parents.
In some ways, living with your friends and not with your parents is an advantage because of no rules. But also the loss of parents is very tragic and Ponyboy and his brothers will never really have anyone to come to when they need help with anything or no one to look up to except themselves. One of the effects of not having parents is Darry. Darry has no one to look up to but his self so he makes himself be the most responsible and strict brother of the house. This is a disadvantage because Darry never got to be a kid, only a parent. I think the loss of parents is much worse.
Some of the disadvantages of growing up with peers are that you can not really grow from their mistakes if they are not that much older than you. With parents you will be able to learn from their mistakes so you will not make the same ones. They have more experience on earth so they usually know what is best for you and make better decisions. Although there are many disadvantages of growing up with peers, there are also advantages. You will be able to become independent because you will not have a mother or father figure around.
In The Outsiders, specifically, there are many advantages and disadvantages to growing up with your peers. One advantage of growing up with peers is that you can talk about everything comfortably. Another advantage is that your friends have been through the same kinds of things and they will help you.Your peers can also stop loving you because you do something really stupid, but your parents should love you forever. Some advantages of living with parents is that they may make smarter decisions about your health, safety, and relationships.
Some of the advantages of growing up with your peers and not parents are that they are easier to relate to. Sometimes it is hard talking to your parents about certain subjects. Another advantage is that you can have more freedom (like going outside). Parents aren't always up for things like that because they don't want to watch you(protect) after a hard day at work. Some of the disadvantags of not growing up with your parents is that you may not learn everything that they know. That could cause troble later in your behavior or in school. Another disadvantage is that parents are always there to help and stay. They care and don't drop you for somebody else.
There are many advantages of growing up without parents. One is that you can learn how to defend yourself if someone hurts you like the Socs. Another advantage is that you can find out right from wrong by yourself and you know how to face problems all by yourself. There are also several advantages of growing up with parents. An advantage is that your parents love you and care about you while peers just think you’re cool. Another advantage is that parents would help you with your problems while peers just let you do it.
A disadvantage of growing up with peers and not parents is that you don't always have someone to look up to that makes a positive effect on you. Sometimes, your parents know better than your peers. Your peers may be doing something that negatively effects you, but your parents TRY to be role models for you. Your parents keep you under control and teach you right from wrong. Your peers usually just want you to have a good time and enjoy yourself. In this case, all the boys in the gang are smoking at a very young age, and aren't even aware of it. Their parents, however, wouldn't allow it, knowing what it can do to you.
21 comments:
February 5, 2007
Some of the advantages of growing up with peers is that there is someone to look out for you if someone like the Soc’s come. Also, he doesn’t have many major rules with living with the peers. Some of the disadvantages of living without parents is, is that no one is able to really love or care about you.
The advantages of growing up with your peers is that you will learn good social skills and also you could also learn how to stand up to yourself just like Johnny did to Dally when he was being mean To Cherry and Marcia. Also the disadvantages of growing up with your peers is that like in the book if you are greasers you should probably not be alone at night because a Soc would most likely come by and jump you. The disadvantages without growing up with your parents really changed the way Dally and Ponyboy acted because now Dally is very strict, and before he wasn’t. The changes for Ponyboy were that now he is staying out at night sometimes not even coming home until the next day. The disadvantages without growing up with parents are that when you get in trouble there is no one to get you out of it.
It is a lot different to grow up around your friends than your family. As we find out early in the book Ponyboy’s parents died in a car crash. Your Parents can teach you what is good and what is bad, your friends can teach you what they think is cool and stuff. Although Ponyboy has two older brothers (Sodapop and Darry) he doesn’t have anyone to really support him when he is down or not feeling good.
Peter Fox
2/5/07
Ponyboy has an advantage from growing up with peers and not parents. One advantage of growing up with peers and not parents is that he might learn to become a man faster from growing up with older peers. Another reason why it might be a advantage to grow up with peers that he might become tougher. He might become tougher because he has grown up with older peers and he gets roughed around so he learns how to handle himself.
Ponyboy has disadvantages of growing up without parents and with peers. One disadvantage about growing up without parents is that he will not know them and wont =know what they were like
One of the advantages of growing up without parents is that you will have a better feeling for society because you experience the world really all by yourself, no one to tell you wrong from right. Another good thing about not having parents is that you will have more freedom and with more freedom comes more responsibility. One of the disadvantages of growing up without parents are you does not have anybody to really love or care about you. Also, you will not have as much supervision without parents, which could get you into trouble, as Pony-boy experiences.
I'm surprised that many of you say that the absence of parents means an absence of love and caring. I think Ponyboy is deeply loved by his brothers and his gang, ut he is missing something. What is it?
I think Jack may be on to something when he says "with more freedom comes more responsibilty."
Do you think that anyone will come up to the church with Dally when he comes to meet them?
I think that Soadpop will come up with Dally. I think that he will come up with him because he seems like the kind of person that would care for his brother and worry about him.
When you grow up with parents, you always have someone to take care of you and help you make the right choices. Sometimes peers aren’t very good at this because they don’t have as much experence as adults do. However, if you grow up with peers, you might be more independent since you have grown up looking after yourself. If you always live with peers instead of parents, though, you could get mixed up with gangs like Ponyboy and then get into trouble. Most people grow up with parents rather than peers, but either way could work out fine.
The good parts of growing up with friends and not parents is that he will get along better with his friends. Some of bad things are that the socs will always beat on him if he is alone. Also with out parents he will not be as understanding and compasonate.
There are many advantages and disadvantages to growing up with peers instead of parents. Without parents you never really are taught what is right or wrong, and dont have someone to care and get your needs for you such as food. With peers you have friends to play with but you do not have as many limits and can break the rules. If you grew up with parents and they were good parents they would teach you the limits of life. These are advantages and disadvantages of growing up peers instead of parents
One advantage of growing up with peers instead of parents is that your friends and you can talk about anything and you do not always want to tell your parents everything. Also, you can learn great social skills from your friends such as introducing yourself to a group and compromising. One disadvantage of growing up with peers instead of parents is that you may not have the same relationship with your friends that you would have with your parents because your parents have known you since you were born. Also, friends can move away and move on to other friends, but your parents can't forget about you even if they are bad parents and try to forget.
Some advantages are that you can get away with almos anything because you don't have parents but you can still be criticized by your peers. Some disadvanteges would be that you really arent truely loved by someone really special, because non of yours peers are going to tell you what is right and what is wrong!!! In my opinion I would like to have my parents.
The advantages of growing up with your friends/peers is that you can tell them things about your social life and they'll understand you. Parents sometimes don't always understand your everyday social life. It might be easier to tell your friends. The disadvantages of having to grow up with your peers is that they don't love you like your parents do. Yes, your friends might understand your problems, but your parents understand your feelings. Ponyboy is able to tell his friends his problems but no one truly understands why he is upset, except Soda, who is almost like a father figure to Ponyboy.
I think that it would be better to grow up with your parent rather than your peers. Although living with your peers would be fun and free it is good to have boundries. Your parents make sure you are always in good health and help you grow in order to have a succecsful carrer. This is why it is better to grow up with your parents.
In some ways, living with your friends and not with your parents is an advantage because of no rules. But also the loss of parents is very tragic and Ponyboy and his brothers will never really have anyone to come to when they need help with anything or no one to look up to except themselves. One of the effects of not having parents is Darry. Darry has no one to look up to but his self so he makes himself be the most responsible and strict brother of the house. This is a disadvantage because Darry never got to be a kid, only a parent. I think the loss of parents is much worse.
Some of the disadvantages of growing up with peers are that you can not really grow from their mistakes if they are not that much older than you. With parents you will be able to learn from their mistakes so you will not make the same ones. They have more experience on earth so they usually know what is best for you and make better decisions. Although there are many disadvantages of growing up with peers, there are also advantages. You will be able to become independent because you will not have a mother or father figure around.
In The Outsiders, specifically, there are many advantages and disadvantages to growing up with your peers. One advantage of growing up with peers is that you can talk about everything comfortably. Another advantage is that your friends have been through the same kinds of things and they will help you.Your peers can also stop loving you because you do something really stupid, but your parents should love you forever. Some advantages of living with parents is that they may make smarter decisions about your health, safety, and relationships.
~~Sophie
Some of the advantages of growing up with your peers and not parents are that they are easier to relate to. Sometimes it is hard talking to your parents about certain subjects. Another advantage is that you can have more freedom (like going outside). Parents aren't always up for things like that because they don't want to watch you(protect) after a hard day at work. Some of the disadvantags of not growing up with your parents is that you may not learn everything that they know. That could cause troble later in your behavior or in school. Another disadvantage is that parents are always there to help and stay. They care and don't drop you for somebody else.
There are many advantages of growing up without parents. One is that you can learn how to defend yourself if someone hurts you like the Socs. Another advantage is that you can find out right from wrong by yourself and you know how to face problems all by yourself. There are also several advantages of growing up with parents. An advantage is that your parents love you and care about you while peers just think you’re cool. Another advantage is that parents would help you with your problems while peers just let you do it.
A disadvantage of growing up with peers and not parents is that you don't always have someone to look up to that makes a positive effect on you. Sometimes, your parents know better than your peers. Your peers may be doing something that negatively effects you, but your parents TRY to be role models for you. Your parents keep you under control and teach you right from wrong. Your peers usually just want you to have a good time and enjoy yourself. In this case, all the boys in the gang are smoking at a very young age, and aren't even aware of it. Their parents, however, wouldn't allow it, knowing what it can do to you.
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