During puberty, many people go to great lengths to establish distance from their parents (arguments, tantrums, deliberately breaking rules, etc.) but luckily, after this period, moms tend to learn how to back off while kids develop their mother's permanent voice in their ears to judge their actions for the rest of their lives. All is good by age 17.
So then isn't it a step in the wrong direction when you encounter people in your life, long after puberty, that insist on mothering you when they aren't your mother? They tell you not to go to bed with your hair wet, they forcefeed you their horsepills when you have a slight cough, they tell you how much water you are not drinking enough of, they discourage you from traveling to exotic threatening locations, or try to judge who you are dating, or point out flaws in your eyebrows, skin or outfit that they believe you should stop everything to address.
Posted by guest.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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