Madison Attaway
Paper 2
Word Count : 893 The Most Important Value
Being a parent is one of the most rewarding and difficult practice someone can do in their life. You have to provide your children with the necessities love them and care for them. A parent should always put the needs of their children above their own needs. Ultimately supporting them in everything they do despite your grievances against their actions. Although being supportive is tricky for parents, it still continues to be a vital trait that all parents should possess in childhood development support from a parent is a constant need. It helps you thrive. Emotional support from a parent allows children to believe in themselves and their abilities. When parents support …show more content…
Through the support of their parents, children learn life lessons that will follow them through their adolescent and adult stages.
Parents affect who their child will be based off of what they teach them when they are younger. In that young age, they are sponges, soaking up everything their parents do, positive or negative. In Erin Murphy’s essay “White Lies” a young girl named Connie is being bullied, yet she still finds a way to fit in thanks to the support from her mother. Murphy wrote, “And I don’t remember if I actually witnessed- or just imagined- Connie and her mother at the 7-Eleven one day after school. They were in the candy aisle. Her mother was filling a cardboard box. And Connie, bathed in unflinching fluorescence, was curved over her notebook making small, careful checks” (155). The route that Connie’s mother takes with handling this situation displays the actions of a true parent. Although her daughter is being picked …show more content…
I’m not talking about financial support, although she does help me with my bills from time to time. I’m talking about emotional support. The same support that Connie’s mother showed her. When I was in my sophomore year of high school, I hated life. I especially hated school. I didn’t belong anywhere, my mother knew I was struggling emotionally and that in order to get through this one tough year I would need more than a little tough love. I was practically failing all my classes, the year was slowly drawing to a close and I was going to end up being a year behind in school. She took it upon herself to email all my teachers, get my late work and the night before the last day of the semester, we sat at the kitchen table and I did every worksheet, test, quiz, and bookwork they had given her.The next day as I handed in all the late work, every single one of my teachers told me how thankful I should be that I have a mother that cares and supports me and my future more than I did. That’s what woke me up. My mother had taught me my entire life that nobody should want something more than you do if it’s for yourself. She turned her entire values around to make sure her child succeeded. From then on, I started working harder in school. I wanted to get better grades, to graduate, and to
Paper 2
Word Count : 893 The Most Important Value
Being a parent is one of the most rewarding and difficult practice someone can do in their life. You have to provide your children with the necessities love them and care for them. A parent should always put the needs of their children above their own needs. Ultimately supporting them in everything they do despite your grievances against their actions. Although being supportive is tricky for parents, it still continues to be a vital trait that all parents should possess in childhood development support from a parent is a constant need. It helps you thrive. Emotional support from a parent allows children to believe in themselves and their abilities. When parents support …show more content…
Through the support of their parents, children learn life lessons that will follow them through their adolescent and adult stages.
Parents affect who their child will be based off of what they teach them when they are younger. In that young age, they are sponges, soaking up everything their parents do, positive or negative. In Erin Murphy’s essay “White Lies” a young girl named Connie is being bullied, yet she still finds a way to fit in thanks to the support from her mother. Murphy wrote, “And I don’t remember if I actually witnessed- or just imagined- Connie and her mother at the 7-Eleven one day after school. They were in the candy aisle. Her mother was filling a cardboard box. And Connie, bathed in unflinching fluorescence, was curved over her notebook making small, careful checks” (155). The route that Connie’s mother takes with handling this situation displays the actions of a true parent. Although her daughter is being picked …show more content…
I’m not talking about financial support, although she does help me with my bills from time to time. I’m talking about emotional support. The same support that Connie’s mother showed her. When I was in my sophomore year of high school, I hated life. I especially hated school. I didn’t belong anywhere, my mother knew I was struggling emotionally and that in order to get through this one tough year I would need more than a little tough love. I was practically failing all my classes, the year was slowly drawing to a close and I was going to end up being a year behind in school. She took it upon herself to email all my teachers, get my late work and the night before the last day of the semester, we sat at the kitchen table and I did every worksheet, test, quiz, and bookwork they had given her.The next day as I handed in all the late work, every single one of my teachers told me how thankful I should be that I have a mother that cares and supports me and my future more than I did. That’s what woke me up. My mother had taught me my entire life that nobody should want something more than you do if it’s for yourself. She turned her entire values around to make sure her child succeeded. From then on, I started working harder in school. I wanted to get better grades, to graduate, and to