What did the non-pedagogical methods of upbringing in the family of Alexander Shirvindt lead to?

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

Very often, famous actors and directors complain that they did not pay enough attention to their own children in their time, and they, in fact, raised themselves. Alexander Shirvindt raised his son, he enjoys spending time with his grandchildren and great-granddaughters. True, the artistic director of the Satire Theater admits that he used completely non-pedagogical methods of education. Over time, the roles in the family have changed and now Mikhail Shirvindt is trying to raise his father.

A stick without a carrot

Mikhail was born in 1958, and two years before his birth, a photograph appeared in the family album, where young Alexander Shirvindt and Natalya Belousova bent over a beautiful wicker carriage. It was just an interesting props, but the spouses looked very organic next to him.

The birth of a son made adjustments to the measured life of a young family. Surely, the parents did not sleep at night, rocked their son in turns, fed and took him for walks. But Alexander Shirvindt is inclined to minimize his importance in matters of upbringing as much as possible. Therefore, he talks about the fact that sometimes there was no one even to take Mikhail out into the street: his mother was in the hospital, his grandmother did not see anything, and the young father rested in the sleep of a righteous man after abundant libations. Of course, Alexander Anatolyevich added dark colors to the "happy childhood" of his son.

Mikhail Shirvindt grew up not too sentimental, but very very mischievous, he categorically did not like to study, he spent the time allotted for homework on more exciting things than studying. However, everything that was not related to textbooks was more exciting. When my mother undertook to check Mikhail's lessons, he really had to teach, solve problems and write exercises.

Sometimes, if Natalya Nikolaevna was busy, dad got down to business. And then the walls of their small apartment shook from the menacing screams of the head of the family, outraged by the stupidity of the heir. True, it never occurred to Mikhail to be offended by his father. And over time, he famously learned to pretend that he had learned everything.

If the father undertook to check his oral assignments, the offspring simply memorized (or wrote down) several difficult terms, and then loudly, confidently and with intonation carried some kind of nonsense, screwing clever words into the meaningless text. Alexander Anatolyevich did not really listen to the meaning and could even take a nap while checking his homework, but he perfectly felt the intonation. As soon as the unfortunate schoolboy hesitated, dad instantly opened his eyes and looked at his son in bewilderment.

When Shirvindt Sr. himself is asked how he and his wife raised their only son, he replies with an imperturbable expression: "They beat him!" And after a short pause, he adds, they beat everyone that came to hand, most often with a shaft or a heavy crank from an old Pobeda car. Allegedly, as soon as Mikhail ran past, he immediately received it in the neck, in order to prevent it.

However, there was always something to punish him for. Due to his poor academic performance, and most importantly, bad behavior, his parents had to transfer their son from school to school. Of course, Alexander Anatolyevich and Natalya Nikolaevna shouted at him. Especially the father. Only over time, Mikhail Shirvindt realized that dad was shouting only at those he loved. And the louder the stronger the power of feelings. And with outsiders, he is invariably calm and intelligent.

The continuity of generations

Even the grandchildren of Alexander and Andrey were able to feel the full power of grandfather's love. When the grandfather undertook to learn a poem with her granddaughter, she first heard how Shura (this is what his grandchildren and great-grandchildren call him) can yell. It was then that the girl realized that she would never go to the theater.

Later, Alexandra and Andrei had to act in a congratulatory movie for dad, Mikhail Shirvindt. The home film was directed by Alexander Anatolyevich, and two small children literally crouched down from the sharp shouts of their grandfather, who accused them of stupidity, mediocrity and inability to work.

At the same time, Shirvindt Sr. is still the first person to whom everyone rushes for help. When Sasha was already in the fifth grade, she decided to become a young business woman and started distributing some kind of cosmetics. Her only client was her grandfather, who enthusiastically bought all kinds of creams and masks from the catalog.

However, once in Sweden, Alexandra almost dragged her grandfather into a scandal. The family went on a journey and control over Alexander Anatolyevich was entrusted to the granddaughter. The two of them quickly spent the available crowns, and there was no place to change dollars in a small town.

But a few days later, the son saw his daughter devouring a huge ball of cotton with gusto. He thought that his father had managed to change the currency, but in response to his indignation about the unjustified waste of money, Alexander Shirvindt only shrugged his shoulders: why give money if you feel sorry for it. It was then that it turned out that the granddaughter had found some kind of small door behind the carpet in the room, climbed through it and in the room where she got, she saw a lot of money on the table. So I took a piece of paper or two.

In general, the family quickly left the hotel. The amount was actually very small, but the troubles could be big. The famous artist and his granddaughter had fun for two days with the money stolen from the hotel.

Now Mikhail Shirvindt is raising his father. He makes sure that he does not violate the self-isolation regime and even posted a short video on his social network, where he allegedly dismantled the porch in his father's country house. So that he himself could not leave the house, and no outsider would show up to visit a famous artist. True, at the same time he immediately brought boards in order to subsequently quickly restore the barbarously destroyed porch.

Looking at the relationship between 85-year-old Alexander Anatolyevich and his son Mikhail, who is already 61 years old, one can conclude that the methods of education that the actor used were not so bad. However, Shirvindt Sr. himself is sure that he has nothing to do with all this. These are all genes. Surely both Shirwindts have good genes.

A whole epoch has fit into the life of Alexander Shirvindt and Natalia Belousova. The era of love, mutual respect, endless life wisdom. They are so different - Alexander and Natalia, Kis and Tatka. They are so the same: in love with life, with creativity, with each other. Their lives cannot be divided into two parts.