The making of a teenager: Claire (The Snob)

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.

Up next: Bender (The Criminal)

Yellow arrow = focused on, Red jagged line = conflict, Blue dotted line = distance

Therapist Comment: What impact does Claire’s parents’ marriage have on her relationship with others, and her view of herself?

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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 (19856) was written and directed by John Hughes