I am the bonus mom to a 14, going on 15, year old girl. And
I have found myself being extremely hard on her lately. Not because she is bad,
not because she isn’t as perfect as can be and not because I don’t think she is
am amazing little person – but because I want her to realize that life and all
its glories are hers for the taking.
Raising a child is hard and my husband has done most of the
work himself. He is responsible (in my opinion) for the solid foundation that
she is. . I have only been on the scene since her 10 birthday.
But raising a teenage daughter, one who is self confident, trying her best to achieve
her best and at the same time retain her sassy attitude, sunny smile and
curious sense of humor is difficult. She is coming to an age where boys, other
girls and society are trying to change her. And here I am pushing her everyday
to achieve more than she did the day before.
I tell myself that she will appreciate it when she is older.
When she is successful in her way, when she doesn’t have to depend on anyone
for financial freedom, when she will have a child of her own and do the same I
am doing to her – but what if I am wrong?
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