I am currently reading the book "Room" by Emma Donoghue. It's really interesting and unlike most of the books that I have read! It's really impossible to put down. It is about a boy named Jack and his mother (whom he calls Ma) who live in a room in the home of a crazy fifty-fiveish year old man (whom Jack calls Old Nick, because he comes in the night) who kidnapped his mother seven years ago. Jack and Ma are not allowed to leave that room. Jack thinks that anything outside of "Room" (he names everything, for example, TV, or Wardrobe), isn't real. He hasn't ever left his home and thinks that Room is all there is to the world.
                                  
                                Jack's mother has to figure out ways to somehow explain to Jack why there are so many different people and things that he has not seen. Ma has to make up an explanation because she can not tell him she was kidnapped and that he is being deprived of the outside world intentionally. So, she tells him anything he sees on the television is fake. Ma tells him that anything he sees outside their window is outer-space. If Jack sees a food on television that Ma and Jack can not have (they only have canned foods), Ma has to tell Jack that the food is not real. While reading the book, I notice Ma is always telling Jack things are not real, to prevent him from asking more questions. I view Ma's ways of parenting in very different ways. I think it is sometimes good, and sometimes has a negative affect on Jack.

                                    Ma's parenting skills can also have a good affect on Jack. If Jack finds out that there is so much more to the world than Room, he will desperately want to see it. This will really upset Jack, because it is impossible for him to escape the room because of Old Nick's high tech security locks. Jack gets incredibly upset and angry when his mom can not explain everything to him and can not answer all of his questions. Jack doesn't like not knowing things! If his mother told him about the outside world he would insist on going out and seeing everything and knowing everything, which would get him in a lot of trouble with Old Nick. In conclusion, Ma's parenting skills are pretty good, for now.

                                   Jack's mother's parenting skills can also have a very bad affect on Jack. As Jack mentions in his narraration, he loves living in Room. He knows everything that is in there and loves it. However, when Jack discovers the outside world, it will not seem normal to him. It could be nearly impossible for him to adjust, because he is so used to the life he has now. He will have to understand that there are billions of people he doesn't know, different places, different animals and many different things besides whatever is in room!