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Buckman Family Tree
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Larry Buckman
- Youngest sibling
- Black Sheep of family
- Disengaged
- Absent
- Dishonest, not trustworthy
- Reappears when needs financial help
- Gambling addiction
- "Favorite" of Frank (father)
Larry Buckman
Buckman Family Tree
Family Life Cycle: Single Young Adult
Frank Buckman
- Patriarch
- Workaholic
- Detached from relationships with children and grandchildren
- Distant, hard
- Reconciliation between him and his children at end of film
Frank and Marilyn Buckman
Family Life Cycle: Families in Later Life
Nathan Huffner
Susan Buckman Huffner
Patty Huffner
- Intelligent
- Not allowed to "be a kid"
- Forced into activities and learning
- Envious of other kids having fun
- Formerly shared husband's goals, now is re-thinking
- Smart, successful, motivated
- Junk food as coping mechanism
- Threatens to leave husband
- Wants another baby
- Parenting style: authoritative and highly demanding
- Extremely goal-oriented
- Does not allow for changes in "The Plan"
- Smart, dedicated to daughter being the same
- Later in film, see him reclaim some spontaneity and fight to keep his marriage
Nathan and Susan Huffner
- Paranoid, secretive, introverted
- Angry since father left the family
- Secludes himself
- Attempts to reconnect with his father unsuccessfully
- Uses Tod as positive male figure
Julie
Garry
- Smart, high SAT scores
- Marries boyfriend Tod, who comes from dysfunctional family
- Bond forms between Tod and Garry
- Julie becomes pregnant
Helen Buckman Lampkin
- Tries to provide for and understand her children after husband leaves
- Empathetic towards children
- Starts to date Garry's biology teacher
- Parenting style: Permissive & Indulgent
Helen Buckman Lampkin
Family Life Cycle: Young Children
and children
Taylor Buckman
Taylor's teacher reports she is kissing all the boys in class
Justin Buckman
- Likes to butt his head on things
- Compared to his cousin
Kevin Buckman
- 9 year old boy
- History of problems in school due to anxiety and neurosis
- Gil and Karen called into school by administrators who recommend Kevin go to a special needs school
- Gil vows to help Kevin overcome his anxieties (coaches Little League team, becomes Cowboy Gil at Kevin's birthday party)
- In therapy
Karen Buckman
- Calm, supportive, loving
- Stay-at-home mom, involved with children
- Conflicted about returning to work--feels pressure to go back but enjoys staying at home
Gil Buckman
- Parenting style: authoritative yet emotionally supportive
- Loving and emotionally available parent and husband
Wants to be engaged father and give attention to his children he didn't get from his father
- Obsessive and anxious
- Depressed by problems with Kevin
- Overwhelmed by demands of family
Gil & Karen Buckman
Fearful of becoming a workaholic like his father
Family Life Cycle: Family with Adolescents,
Delayed Launching
Family Life Cycle: Young Children
Presented by
Kelley Shanahan
Megan Zolty
Anna Weichel
Molly Seay