Let us continue the discussion yestrday. I would like to say that it is not just motherhood, but all the relationships can be thus bifurcated. A father can be a tiger dad or the liberal daddu. When it comes to filial relationship, I think, the best would be a balanced, mature combo of both the types.
I would certainly say that my parents were such a combo type.There were certain basic rules, a primal discipline, but beyond that there was a congenial feel. We had the liberal freedom to choose our professions, but we had to follow the choice strictly. That balance made us both happy and achievers in ou own defined, all-rounded way, and despite really tough times.
Actually the binary paradigm operates in every field. A boss can be a tiger boss or a liberal friendly type. Given the horrible professional politics, better would be a colleague and/or boss who is a combination of both the types.
That certainly holds true of teachers who are quite important in everybdy's life. As they say, a mother/parents happen to be our first teachers, while teachers are our second parents. One again, better the combo, right? In fact, I would like to say that every relationship has its own axis, its own circumference, and it must be reciprocated. A parent or a teacer must be open-minded, but such a friendliness does have its unstated borderline.
What do you say? Or do you agree with me that in this binary, there is a need to respect boundaries, the good fences that make the better neighbours.
Do let me know.
Pratima@ Icarus' wings n inherent power structure?
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