Squid And The Whale Attachment Theory

In the movie, “The Squid and the Whale”, there are two children in the movie. Walt and Frank were raised by Joan and Bernard. This learner would state that Bernard have an insecure disorganized attachment style. Bernard would provide a wide arrange of emotions to their children (Siegel, 2014). Bernard would display a set of emotions for one day, then on another day, he would speak want to be attached with the children. In the movie, this happens when Bernard comes home from work. He desires to be with his children. Another day, he is not attuned to their emotions. He does not ask how their day has been. Frank and Walt may not know how to react to Bernard from day to day. Frank and Walt would avoid relationships and would disconnect with others. Walt goes to talk with his friends over than talking with his parents regarding his parent’s divorce.
This learner believes that Joan would have an insecure avoidant attachment style with Frank and Walt. Joan is emotionally unavailable to her children. She wants
The parents feel unliked, unappreciated. There are unresolved problems in the family. These unresolved issues should be discussed before the family gets stronger. Due to Bernard’s and Joan’s separation, the family did not communicate well, they seem unappreciated.

A traumatic experience in the movie: The Squid and the Whale is noticed when Joan and Bernard tell their children that they are going to divorce. This traumatic experience is difficult in any family. In this family, the children seem to show discord from one parent in the family. Walt stays with his father, and Frank stays with Joan. The children tend not to share their emotions, while the parents have separated. You notice that Frank masturbates in school, and begins to curse. Walt decides to speak with friends and with Frank about the family’s problems, but not seem to talk about his emotions