Don't You Forget About Her

The Breakfast Club celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. Surely, the film has had a lasting cultural impact, remaining one of the most beloved "coming of age" films of the 1980's. However, unlike the other movies of its era, The Breakfast Club dared to confront one massively overlooked problem in American society--the epidemic of childhood neglect. Through the character of Allison, the film shed light on the immense damage which is inflicted on a child when they are ignored. And truly, in a culture with very narrow definitions of child mistreatment, this was boundary-pushing.

Societally, we often turn a blind eye to the harm done to children--aside from the obvious, glaring examples of physical abuse and the like. But, truly, there are many ways to hurt a child--you can hit them, scream at them, deprive them of food and shelter. Or, you can simply ignore them. Just as Allison was ignored.

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