The making of a teenager: Andrew (The Jock)

The goal of this project is to consider how family relationships helped shape the characters in some of the most beloved films about teenagers from the 1980s.

Yellow Arrow (both ways) = Father & son focused on each other

Yellow Arrow (both ways) = Father & son focused on each other

Therapist Comment:

  • If Andrew’s father is focused his son’s success, what is he not focused on?

  • What could Andrew learn about his father (and vice versa) if father and son could have a mature and calm discussion?

Up next: PRETTY IN PINK!!

To learn how to create and understand your own family diagram, see Chapter 7 in Takes More Than Love by Dr. Aliza Israel & Avrum Nadigel, MSW.

For a general introduction to family diagrams see Monica Mcgoldrick’s “Genograms”

The Breakfast Club (1985) was written and directed by John Hughes

Avrum Nadigel