Babies call the shots
Friday, April 28, 2017
The Boss Baby, like the name suggests with a huge hint, explores the power/influence of newborns on families though a bit exaggerated and sugar coated with comedy to stimulate humour. This movie is an American computer-animated family tailored comedy film, based on the Best Children’s Picture Book of the Year 2010 of the same title name written by award-winning author Marla Frazee.
In this animation comedy the main focal element is the adaptation by families with regard to coping with new members. “This relatable story hilariously introduces audience to meet the most unusual baby and how a new baby’s arrival impacts a family, told from the point of view of a delightfully unreliable narrator, a wildly imaginative seven-year-old named Tim. It takes on a discovery journey of instant sibling rivalry and baby dictatorship on parents also with a sly, heart-filled message about the importance of family altogether”.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...