Sought a son
to achieve high
over and beyond
his age and height
hauling him away
forcing, from friends
the mother with hopes
cast him amidst wolves
encouraging greatness
discouraging listlessness
she carved a scaredy-cat
out of a sheer underdog.
Parenting is an abstract art!
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It is! And it’s tough, too. Most parents I’ve seen force their children into a life they couldn’t themselves achieve. The irony, though, is that parents don’t mean harm at all—they believe they’re helping when, in fact, they’re not.
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