Recently, I was in the company of a mother who really really loves her daughter. Everything her daughter did was perfect, and even if she didn't, it would only be spoken about with a brush of laughter. In this mother's eyes, her daughter could take on the world.
Thank goodness, contrary to popular belief, the daughter is not spoilt. She takes it all in her stride and is completely down to earth, no fighting to prove to others that she's top dog. You can't help but to like her too. In return, she thinks her Mum holds the solution to everything under the sun, from mosquito bites cures to nuclear fusion.
It is heart warming to see such a beautiful relationship. Perhaps this is normal to many mother-daughter relationships out there but I don't get to see it often. Usually, mothers demand perfection from their children and in the end, it stunts the child from growing confident in their abilities. In their obsession to appear "humble" in front of their friends, it is quite common to hear mothers say, "Oh, my child is not as clever as yours". Sad but true.
Of course, the rest of the family also plays an important part. How siblings encourage each other, how much they believe in each other.
Gee, this sounds corny but I really can see how this love can serve such a springboard to the child's future. Yes, yes, I knew all this in theory but having it displayed before my eyes really hits the truth home.
This posting must be the result of watching Akeelah and the Bee last night. Or that I'm going through some major PMS.
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