Only You Can Change Yourself

In the movie that we're watching, we learned about a family who literally lives in a trailor in a rural area. This family lives several miles away from any public place and are in the middle of no where. The mother of this family says that her oldest son tries to dress "preppy" and acts "like he's better" than his family. She and her son constantly fight about cleaning up their act and fixing their place. I was a bit bothered by the mother's words about her son. No doubt no one wants to live the way they do and I don't think it is her fault that they are in the financial status that they are. It is obvious that she works hard to keep a nice living for her family. But as a mother, I found it terrible for her to talk down to her son the way she did. He wants to work for a better future for himself and dresses the way he wants to dress. He puts himself in the right mindset to get him where he wants to go in life. Its wrong for any mother to discourage their child of that kind of ambition. I do realize that what he says to her may be harsh for her and rub her the wrong way, but how can he be expected to stay hopeful when his own family is putting him down. Life is what you make it and he's trying to make it the best he can.