I love the parenting approach in Gilmore Girls. Young people, and people in general, respond best when their ideas and intellect are appreciated. This means the parent who listens, truly listens, to his/her child and interacts with him/her in a non-condescending way will not only have a friend, but will sustain the child's self-esteem on a daily basis. Also, this approach enables the child to hear something besides pressure to get good grades or achieve success in athletics. A young person can achieve self-esteem from talking to friends, but friends move on with their own college, job, families and responsibilities. That relationship with the mother/father will always be there and the best ones have plenty of honest and open (and even intellectual) communication. A child feels isolated if the parent treats the son/daughter brain as something much inferior (and less important) to an adult's brain. That sort of contempt is what really does a number on a child. Thankfully, the scriptwriters of Gilmore Girls realize all of this and have incorporated it into each episode of this marvelous show. Thank you again, Gilmore Girls, for being such a great show.
Review of Gilmore Girls
