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The Quiet Damage of a Boy Mom: Degrassi's Audra Torres & the Cost of Control

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Motherhood, masculinity, and mistakes! Breaking down Degrass's most INTENSE parent/child dynamic.

Timestamps:
00:00- Intro
02:08- Meet the Torres (Family Dynamics & The Golden Child)
06:57- Audra’s Fatal Flaw, Control, Emotional Manipulation, & Entitlement
16:06- Audra’s One-sided Beef, Drew’s Relationships & Attachment Style
25:00- Where tf is Omar? (Lack of Masculine Modeling)
26:13 - Is Audra a toxic mom? (Conclusion)

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20 Comments

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@violete.duncan-williams6357 1 year ago (edited)

I still remember when she was so hateful and rude to Allie, who mind you was one of Drew HEALTHIER relationship. The only reason they ended was because Drew cheated on Allie with Bianca. It also never made sense to me that she hated Allie so much, but the was okay with Bianca, who was the reason Adam got hate crime at school. I know they show Bianca apologizing, but Audrea knew that Bianca was the cause and liked her more than Allie. Its giving... well those who know know.

@SibunaLoverMusicxx 1 year ago

"She didn't raise a better man like she thought. She raised Drew Torres." LISTEN!!!!

@princessanastasia6537 1 year ago

I’m still mad at how she treated Ali

@ksis86 1 year ago

If she had treated Drew the way she did during that whole thing with him sleeping with Zoey, he probably wouldn’t have ended up the way he did. She enabled his bad behavior up until that point and now all of a sudden she wants to tell him off lol

@Jacki_Nicole 1 year ago

Audra only became tolerable once Adam died. It took one of her kids dying to open her eyes

@chaosspy6723 1 year ago

tbh i think she still views her kids as babies. i think that's why she is ok with calling Adam the name adam but at her core she wants to see her baby girl. I also think it's why she babies drew so much.

@yappinnyellin 1 year ago

I think Audra gave so much negative attention that Drew seeked any positive connection outside of her, but in the process, his negative thoughts and Audra’s terrible parenting, made him second guess his choices and behavior. Like you said, she had him enrolled in hard courses it seems on purpose. She wants to project this image of what she wants Drew to be vs who he is. This is the same issue with Adam when she struggled with letting go of Gracie.

@arielrocks10 1 year ago

I haven’t watched it yet but I’m saving it. Any new degrassi content is great, and I never see anyone analyzing the parents.

@Mario-pv8gr 1 year ago

Drew isnt even her biological child yet she cared about him WAYY more than she cared about Adam

@bellatwixxz4091 1 year ago

YESSS someone’s talking about Audra!!!

@niceness1877 6 months ago

Clare actually had the courage to stick up to Audra.

@eddierascalhaskell4954 1 year ago

They always seemed to give her these good "cool mom" speeches but...she really is a terrible mom.

@rj2025b 1 year ago

I never realized she is Drew’s stepmom. That makes her behavior even weirder in my opinion. Like why is his Dad never roped into decisions.

@ghostofprose 11 months ago (edited)

This video is so good. I wish more ppl talked about the role parents play in their kids development. Especially boy moms

@macyg 1 year ago

Another great analysis! I’ve always disliked Audra and I never understood why the fandom acts like she did a 180 or something. She showed her true self when she was so hateful towards Alli.

@oskarborowski3896 1 year ago

Her treatment of Alli... I mean it seemed racially charged and you cannot convince me othwerwiese.

@nicoleackerman205 1 year ago

She was the worst to Ali.

@princesspebble_ 1 year ago

I hated Audra from the moment she did Ali the way she did on Vegas Night. the Zoey thing was a slight moment of redemption, but overall I still didn’t like her.

@shelbylynnbx 1 year ago

i haven’t seen anyone else talk about audra, i’ve never liked her. i can definitely agree with the reservations she had towards bianca at first, and through the teen marriage, but everything else was messed up.