All of this talk about TIGER MOMS, reminds me about my friend’s reaction when her then 9 year old handed her a “card” she made for her birthday.
It was a torn piece of paper, the edge uneven and shaggy. On it she had scribbled, in a marker gasping for its last breath of ink- leaving the faintest line- Happy B day mom love Simona. Something about Bday being abbreviated illuminated just how abbreviated and rushed the whole thing had been. She had clearly spent no time whatsoever on it.
My friend handed it back to her daughter. “I do nice things for you every day. Today is my birthday-it is one day out of the whole year that is mine- and I expect you to spend a bit of time on this. This is not good enough.”
To say it was not her best work was an understatement.
I know this woman and I love her reaction. She is affectionate, warm, funny and kind. She is a wonderful mom. She is no Tiger Mom. I agree wholeheartedly with her reaction.
Her daughter blushed, a little ashamed, and went back to the drawing board.
This year, her now 13 year old daughter gave her mother a mother/ daughter sculpture- the artist, a favourite of her mom’s.
And you should have seen the card.
these are good words to use…especially at her age. my daughter scribbles her thank you cards and it irritates me beyond belief. i will practise this in the mirror over and over! thanks 🙂