I believe that Ted did a fantastic job of taking care of his son by himself. At
first he was new to taking care of Billy so I was a bit challenging at times,
for example he didn’t because he was always busy with work. He became a
responsible father throughout the film, he started to show more love for him
and he missed a lot of work because he was being a parent which was showed
throughout the movie of his love for Billy. He spent a lot of time with him
also, they spent time at the park and he read to him each night before he went
to bed. They started to grow together. They made breakfast every morning
together, and Billy told of the things that he was and wasn’t supposed to buy
when they went shopping. 
In many cases when couples are
getting divorces the mother gets the child most of the time. In my opinion I do
not think that Joanna Kramer should’ve gotten custody of Billy. I understand
that she loves him and that she was the one that took care of him for most of
his life but she abandoned him. She left without say goodbye, I’m not saying
that she should say to him that “I don’t want to be with your father anymore
because I’m not happy”, but I truly believe that she could have said something
to him. Also, everything that Ted told her confidentially she used in the court
against him which I didn’t think was fair because it doesn’t change the fact
that Ted would’ve been a better parent for Billy. For example when Bill fell
and hurt his head at the park, it was not Ted’s fault. Each child has a
childhood scar. She used the fact that he told her against him in court.
Partner Question
In the movie Kramer VS Kramer, I
believe that Ted Kramer could have been a much better father and a husband to
Billy and Joanna. He should have been working with Joanna from the beginning of
their marriage. For example in the movie she explained that he didn’t listen to
what she had to say or valued her opinions.
Also, he should’ve spent or time with both of them so that he could know
them better. On the first day that he
brought Billy to school because Joanna had left he didn’t even know how old he
was or what grade he was in, and I believe that, that is a very bad reputation
to have as a father. I think that Red should’ve had full custody of Billy,
because even though he didn’t know his son before his wife left, he got to know
his son, and eventually they had a very loving and caring connection. For example Joanna left her son for two years,
and I understand that he’s a small kid but she left for two years without a
word, and when she returned she said that she wants custody of her son, when in
all that time her husband was taking care of their son.
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