9/4/2023 0 Comments The rumpus room simpsons![]() Brick Joke: The episode opens with a new arrival in "Frog Heaven" watching in horror as Bart subjects his corpse to various comedic indignities in biology class.While he doesn't go as far as walking back his claim that Bart's a screwup, he admits to being the one who made him the way he is. Breaking the Cycle of Bad Parenting: Homer at least nudges things in the right direction when, after finally obtaining the watch, he gives it to Bart instead of keeping it for himself as he desperately wanted to do, realizing that all of his son's self-esteem has become wrapped up in Abe's gift.Homer ends up discovering the vicious cycle and found a way to show Bart support while also letting him acknowledge his mistakes. Homer gets involved with another program that enforces a sing or swim mentality and that children need to fight for every ounce of respect, but this results in writing off Bart as a screw-up even though he really was trying to do better, and Lisa gets her actual earned trophies removed as part of the "anti-trophy" movement. Both Sides Have a Point: Marge initially starts with parenting advice that involves giving praise to the child to boost their self-esteem and confidence, but this results in awards for merely existing and the children who actually try harder get rewarded with the same, which makes their accomplishment feel lesser for it.Adults Are Useless: Lisa and Groundskeeper Willie both share the opinion that parents would rather be told what to do by supposed 'experts' than do any actual parenting themselves. ![]() An award not earned is not one that's deserved. Awards are for those who put in the effort to earn them. Lisa immediately recognizes the problem with trophies, while they can help boost confidence that only comes when the child knows they have succeeded.There will always be someone telling you how to raise your children, each one with wildly different ideas from the other, but you have to decide for yourself what is best for the individual child. Marge and Homer are eagerly engaged with whatever parenting advice that is most recent, but Homer manages to go a new direction by making an informed decision based on the circumstances and not because it fit a clever acronym being told to them. An Aesop: For once Homer learns a lesson that Marge doesn't. ![]()
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