The message I got from this film is that kids in all cultures require and want parental attention and supervision. Kids in all societies demonstrate destructive behavior. Sexual promiscuity is not a new thing, but in this day and age it could be deadly.
The boys had way to much time on their hands and the freedom to do what they wanted and with hormones raging well you saw the result. As parents we like to think that we have installed the necessary values in our children to enable them to make the right choices however peer pressure is difficult to withstand.
Tenoch and Julio were lacking in parental involvement. At the wedding his father seemed more interested in the fact that the president was there then the fact that his daughter was getting married. The boys planned their trip to Heavens Mouth and talked Luisa into going along. The amount of drinking/smoking/drugs and sex was ridiculous. Seeing Luisa engaging in sex with the boys was disturbing. This is an all to common occurence in all societies .Though a young adult she was still an adult . Even struggling with the knowledge of her husbands infidelity and her terminal illness she should have known better.
Brief glimpses in the film showed the poverty and disrest in the country. The road blocks/stops looking for ?drugs. Overall it reinforces that children in all cultures need family love,support and involvement. It won't stop all the destructive behavior but maybe it will help the kids stop and think. With all of the scary things out their today it may mean a choice between life and death for a lot of todays youth.
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Good post, and I agree. Teenagers is the must difficult age in life in my opion. And with the added stress of no family unit the out come would be bad. We have removed prayer and discipline from the schools and now we have shootings. As for the movie if I had the choice I would not have wacthed it but I relize its reality.
ReplyDeleteI do not agree with you at all. I think that teenage years are both wonderful and challenging. I think that you are raising another issue about using prayer. This is not going to help teenage promiscuity.
ReplyDeleteShootings are not caused by lack of prayer. How about the gun control issue in this country. Their should be no one that can own a gun, especially not teenagers.
Why don't we get to the root of social ills...lack of parental support, overcrowding in schools, lack of education. That is the real issue.
This film was about how teenagers go astray, and I am here to tell you, that happens in the best of homes, with the best of parents....Look at the teenage pregnancy rate in this country....It has not changed in many years....Teenagers make mistakes, so do adults.