Mothers have different methods in protecting their children's future. The mother from "The Day the Fire Came" by Virginia Bell Dabney and the grandmother from "Grandmother's Victory" by Maya Angelou each have their own ideas on how to protect their children's future. First of all, the mother from "The day the Fire Came" showed pride by not accepting other people's request of staying at their home instead stayed back in the burnt down barn. She showed her kids that she was proud to have lived in the old burnt down house. She had her kids stay away from her as the article states, "I was sent to stay with my older sister... Allison, still running a fever, was put to bed at the home of a friend" (43). She wanted her children to only know of her
