What kind of relationships do you see in The Veldt?

In the story of the Veldt, the relationships are between the members of the family. The relationship that I see is an unhealthy one. Usually in a typical family, the parents are the ones who have power and control. But in this story, the spoiled kids have the power. The house that they bought had literally replaced the parents because it was doing everything for them. But this uncommon relationship was started by the parents. The parents did not seem to care about controlling and enforcing their children. They had thought that by getting their kids everything they desired, the children would love them. And the relationship between the children and the parents had not been formed by love, but by desires and guilt. This insalubrious relationship soon led to the death of the parents.

How do you see Power? How is power displayed?

In an average relationship in a family, parents have the power. They are able to “control” what’s going on in the household. But in the Veldt, the parents build an unhealthy relationship with their children, and the kids become very spoiled. In this relationship, the parents are pretty irresponsible and don’t use their power wisely. Instead, they just decide to pamper their children with a high-tech house. Because of their decisions, the house replaces the parents and the kids end up with all the power. I think this because since the house takes care of everything, the kids think that their parents are “useless”. An example would be when the son demands his father to open up the nursery after he had locked it. The children also get “brainwashed” in a sort of way. Since everything is taken care of by the house, the kids start to loose touch with reality and start to only think about the nursery in the house. So in the Veldt, power is shown more by the kids than by the parents.