Today's WestportREADS discussion question has a multitude of possible answers.
Here it is: To what degree are parents responsible for their children's successes or failures?
Do you know how your offspring would respond to this question ?
Some people have told me how much they dislike Renne in The Soloist; others have commented that he was the way he was because of his mother. Do you think her control of his young life led to his successes or his failures?
How about Kyung -hee? How did his parents' attitudes affect his probable success or failure?
And what about the defendant, Philip Weber?
No definitive answers, but an intergenerational conversation might reveal some interesting opinions!