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<blockquote data-quote="Jock Ewing Fan" data-source="post: 338000" data-attributes="member: 40536">Good Topic,Here is my (admittedly amateur)analysis:A child is born to a mother who married for economic reasons to save her ranch.The Father is an ambitious, successful Alpha Male, a tough man in a tough business.Both Mother and Father are aware that the child&#039;s paternity may be in questionThe Mother outwardly favors his two younger brothers, especially the middle son.The Father favors the youngest son.The Mother seems to practice a form of neglect by not intervening in the Father&#039;s method of raising the boy, or providing the motherly lovethat he needed.&nbsp; Her favoring of the younger boysis interpreted by the oldest son as a lack of nurturanceThe Father drives the oldest son hard, teaches him the Darwinian methods of the Oil BusinessThe child becomes a teenager, young man, and more mature man, always trying to win thelove and approval of the Father that he worships, but somehowhis efforts always seem to fall shortThe actions (or lack of them) by his parents almost seem to be a form of emotional abuse,and may be so indeed.As a man, the oldest son has multiple sexual encounters outside his marriage,perhaps, looking for the love he never received.As a businessman he grows increasingly manipulative, callous and ruthless.Did this child become such a man in a vacuum? Of course not.Can his upbringing explain all of his actions? Of course not.However, raising a child in such a way that Jock and Miss Ellie did,sounds like a form of emotional abuse, and they must takemore than an average share of accountability for the manthat JR Ewing became.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jock Ewing Fan, post: 338000, member: 40536"] Good Topic, Here is my (admittedly amateur)analysis: A child is born to a mother who married for economic reasons to save her ranch. The Father is an ambitious, successful Alpha Male, a tough man in a tough business. Both Mother and Father are aware that the child's paternity may be in question The Mother outwardly favors his two younger brothers, especially the middle son. The Father favors the youngest son. The Mother seems to practice a form of neglect by not intervening in the Father's method of raising the boy, or providing the motherly love that he needed. Her favoring of the younger boys is interpreted by the oldest son as a lack of nurturance The Father drives the oldest son hard, teaches him the Darwinian methods of the Oil Business The child becomes a teenager, young man, and more mature man, always trying to win the love and approval of the Father that he worships, but somehow his efforts always seem to fall short The actions (or lack of them) by his parents almost seem to be a form of emotional abuse, and may be so indeed. As a man, the oldest son has multiple sexual encounters outside his marriage, perhaps, looking for the love he never received. As a businessman he grows increasingly manipulative, callous and ruthless. Did this child become such a man in a vacuum? Of course not. Can his upbringing explain all of his actions? Of course not. However, raising a child in such a way that Jock and Miss Ellie did, sounds like a form of emotional abuse, and they must take more than an average share of accountability for the man that JR Ewing became. [/QUOTE]

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