Glass Castle 4 . . .

Ok so I know i just posted that I thought the Walls were good parents because they enable their kids to be content with what they have, but after what I just read I 'm not so sure that they're the best people to be raising children anymore. I came to this conclusion after reading over a passage that explained how the author and her family were moving, yet again, and she and her siblings had to ride in the back of a UHaul for about 20 hours ! And as if that wasn't bad enough, after only a few minutes in the trailer, the back doors flew open and the Walls children almost fell out!! I mean talk about irresponsible parents ! Oh, and i forgot to say that they left their newborn baby in the hands of their five year old daughter, who was also in the back of the UHaul ! What is wrong with these people ?! But after thinking about this for a while and letting myself cool down a little, I thought about why they were doing this, and i came to think that they were risking their children's safety so that their entire family could live in a better place. So, I guess this does somewhat justify what they did, and they told their kids it was going to be an "adventure" (Walls 48). But they were still endangering the lives of their children, and I don't think that they should be so willing to put their family on the line like that to chase a lifestyle of outlawed living and wildness.