Power Distance: Growing Up is Hard To Do
The relationship between a mother and daughter is a deep-rooted and intense bond. While the loving bond is often a source of positivity and support, it can also be a source of frustration and ambivalence (Birditt, 2009). A mother demands the respect and obedience of a daughter, while most children wish to gain positive feedback from a parent. Nevertheless, as a child matures they often begin to reject the high power distance that exists between a mother and daughter. As a child, I spent the majority of time with my mother, she was a loyal homeschool teacher, soccer coach, and friend. I happily embraced her demands and actively sought out her acceptance. My positive perception of
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My mother moved to Virginia and I struggled with true feelings of loneliness and despair after my parents separated. According to a 2010 family journal, "Of all familial relationships, the mother–daughter one is most likely to remain important for both parties, even when major life changes occur, such as the daughter’s marriage or mother’s illness." I lacked the guidance and support of that I needed from my mother after she moved away. My siblings and I spent time with my Mother once a week on Thursday evenings. She would often arrive late and carelessly, which I took very personally. I didn 't feel that my Mother possessed strong credibility and found it difficult to believe her. Therefore, I became hesitant in following my Mother 's advice or listening to her requests. My mother attempted to gain back power by using coercive power. If I failed accept her influence she threatened a punishment, but if I listened there was a reward. For example, if she felt I was being ungrateful she would threaten to send me back home to my Father. My mother 's use of coercive power fostered a lack of trust and created a substantial amount of tension between my mother and …show more content…
Whenever I began expressing my thoughts or feelings my mother would interrupt me and change the topic. I had given up on resolving the long-standing issues that existed between us. On my sixteenth birthday my mother threw me a huge surprise party. I couldn 't remember the last time my mother had thrown a birthday party for me and felt touched. The evening resembled a scene from the childhood I was still missing. I enjoyed myself at the party and felt grateful to my mother. Finally, I was receiving the support and love I wanted from my mother. I was thrilled and full of hope for our future, but, my feelings of excitement did not last for
The theme of, mother daughter relationships can be hard but are always worth it in the end, is portrayed by Amy Tan in this novel. This theme is universal, still relevant today, and will be relevant for forever. Relationships are really important, especially with your mom. “ A mother is best. A mother knows what is inside you”
Parenting has been a long practice that desires and demands unconditional sacrifices. Sacrifice is something that makes motherhood worthwhile. The mother-child relationship can be a standout amongst the most convoluted, and fulfilling, of all connections. Women are fuel by self-sacrifice and guilt - but everyone is the better for it. Their youngsters, who feel adored; whatever is left of us, who are saved disagreeable experiences with adolescents raised without affection or warmth; and mothers most importantly.
No two mother and daughter relationships are alike. After reading “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker and “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan I realized that the two stories had the same subject matter: mother and daughter relationships. These two stories show different cultures, generations and parenting methods. Although the two mothers act differently, they are both ultimately motivated by the same desire: to be a good parent. In addition, while researching related articles, I realized that there were two recurring themes of mothers and daughters: respect and diverse ways of parenting.
Parental pressure is often part of a child’s life. The pressure depends on gender, society, and also culture. The really short story “Girl” by Jamaica Kinvaid is a conversation between a mother and daughter. The mother talk most of the time; she gave a long series of warnings and advice to the daughter, who responds only twice. These advises are mostly about how to take care of her dad, or future husband, and also household chores, cooking, manners, social conduct. The voice of the mother seemed commanding and “bitchy” but the mother seems to expect a great deal of her daughter, and she did say what she had to say to let the girl know it.
These types of external influences affect mothers outside the realm of short stories as well. Personal losses, economic struggles, remorseful guilt, and cultural background all influence the way a mother interacts with her daughter and the methods she employs to guide her down the path that leads to prosperity and success, however, a mother 's ultimate hope is that her daughter understands her value, appreciates her opportunities, and embraces moments of contentment.
Jamaica Kincaid has taken common advice that daughters are constantly hearing from their mothers and tied them into a series of commands that a mother uses to prevent her daughter from turning into "the slut that she is so bent on becoming" (380). But they are more than commands; the phrases are a mother's way of ensuring that her daughter has the tools that she needs to survive as an adult. The fact that the mother takes the time to train the daughter in the proper ways for a lady to act in their time is indicative of their family love. The fact that there are so many rules and moral principles that are being passed to the daughter indicates that mother and daughter spend a lot of time together.
A mother’s love for a daughter is an intense feeling; some times it can be very joyful or very painful. Most mothers just want their daughters to have everything that they didn’t have, they try to give their daughter all their hopes and dreams. The relationship between a mother and daughter should be one of the greatest relationships a woman can have with another woman. Some time a mother can push a daughter to hard, some mother don’t mean to make their daughter feel bad or to make them up-set, the mothers just want the daughter to have better then what they had. A mother gives her daughter advice about everything in life.
A parent’s parenting styles are as diverse as the world we live in today. Nowadays, parents only want what is best for their children and their parenting styles plays a crucial role in the development of children which will in the long run, not only effect the child’s childhood years, but later prolong into their adult life as well.
This is something that occurred over ten years ago but it still plagues me to this day. One moment I thought that we had a perfect family unit. Everyone was happy and everyone got along great. Then, the next thing I knew, my parents were in court everyday trying to get custody of my older sister and myself. This left me hurt and confused. The worst part was after the divorce was over. My father got custody of us- which I preferred because it meant I didn’t have to move away and I didn’t have to live with my mother’s new boyfriend (her boyfriend while she was married). My mother got visitation rights two days of the week and every Sunday. So, instead of seeing my mother everyday when she would come home from work and having her tuck me in at
Since the beginning of time, the mother-daughter relationship has been one of society's most prominent love-hate relationships. While many do not experience difficulty in the younger years of the relationship, in the teenage years of the daughter’s life, as she is becoming her own woman, this evolves. While some during this time find themselves growing closer to their mother, most start to stray away from their mom’s nurturing tendencies and find themselves in a series of rebellious activities, ranging from getting tattoos to eloping at a young age. Through the mom’s defiant actions in Jean Wyrick’s “Poem for an Inked Daughter,” Wyrick connects with the hearts and minds of mothers and daughters everywhere as
The rifts between mothers and daughters continue to separate them, but as the daughters get older they become more tolerant of their mothers. They learn they do not know everything about their mothers, and the courage their mothers showed during their lives is astounding. As they get older they learn they do not know everything, and that their mothers can still teach them much about life. They grow closer to their mothers and learn to be proud of their heritage and their culture. They acquire the wisdom of understanding, and that is the finest feeling to have in the world.
Mothers and daughters have been written about, criticized, publicized, condemned, and praised for a long time. As more and more material becomes available on mother-daughter relationships, it becomes apparent that being a mother and being a daughter means different things to different people depending on race, economics, social status and blood type. This paper will explore the meaning of being a mother and being a daughter by combining all of these independent variables. A definition of motherhood and daughterhood will be clearer, however, as experience will tell us, not everyone can be categorized, or even explained.
Daughters with children need both help from mothers and mothers-in-law but express negative feelings about receiving help from mothers-in-law. Daughters with children expressed more equal time with their mothers. The interpersonal boundaries conclusion was that daughters. Were much more likely to ask their mothers about child raising rather than their mothers-in-law. Daughters analyze differences between themselves and their mothers-in-law when they have children. The relational strain conclusion was that children brings mothers and daughters together, because they have a shared attachment to the children; it separates the mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law
Although mothers usually have best interest in mind, they usually lose sight of the big picture and begin focusing on obtaining their own feeling of accomplishment. As mothers wish to see their children successful, daughters just wish to be themselves and to feel happy overall.
It is imperative that both parents do their best to take equal engagement in their child’s lives. There are certain things children can learn only from their fathers, and other things that they can only be taught by their mothers. Children should not be deprived of any of these learning opportunities because their parents cannot manage to hold it together and take care of their duties as parents.