Author： Berghahn Journals Daniel
Publisher： Berghahn Books
E-ISSN： 2375-9267|9|1|105-114
ISSN： 2375-9240
Source： Boyhood Studies, Vol.9, Iss.1, 2016-03, pp. : 105-114
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Abstract
In a world of overprotected, overscheduled children, parents look to the past,and even to Hollywood, for insight about how children were raised before minimalrisk equated to serious hazard. The most recent corpus of films to featureminors who grew up without our current preoccupation with child safety wasthe somewhat well-established canon of 1980s teen films, but this canon tendsto exclude the original Back to the Future film. While Back to the Future is hardlya neglected text, extant studies have elided its exploration and indeed exploitationof adolescent themes as well as its affinity with contemporary films aboutteenagerhood. I contend that when we look back for recent cues on copingthrough boyhood without so-called helicopter parents, and we consider the likesof Jeff Spicoli, Lloyd Dobler, and Ferris Bueller, we can find further valuable lessonsby including Marty McFly.
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