Wanted Perfect Mother

Are you kidding? If they are perfect, then they are not mothers. They are saints. The relationship between a daughter and a mother can be loving or malevolent; harmonious or hostile and sweet or contentious. Let’s accept it. Who can be like her, but the daughter and who can be like the mother but her [...]

Children have more need of models than critics-Joubert

Some parents think that they are encouraging their children by challenging them to excel better than their friends, classmates and neighbors. Their favorite expressions are: Why can’t you be…How come your sister/cousin/friend….? Some are challenged and they strive to make their parents happy. Some don’t bother. Some rebel.
With other people as a yardstick for [...]