Mother asks: if parents do everything for their children, who will teach them to live?
The parenting section of Latvia's public broadcaster LSM has published a mother's personal account of an ordinary weekday morning routine. Its headline asks who will teach children to live if parents do everything for them.
A personal account by a mother has appeared in the parents and children section of the website of LSM, Latvia's public broadcaster, on 17 October. It falls under child-rearing, and its headline poses a question: if parents do everything in their children's place, who will teach them how to live?
A morning at home
The author describes a weekday morning. She sits in a soft chair holding a cup of hot coffee and watches through the window as the sun slowly rises. Soon the children begin to wake up and get ready for the day.
Pancakes for breakfast are already waiting on the table. Each child packs the necessary items into their own lunch bag and eats breakfast. Within a very short time they are wearing school clothes, have brushed their teeth, washed their faces and are ready for school.
Meanwhile the mother has finished her coffee and is ready to kiss everyone and wish them a fantastic day at school before they all walk out the door.
The question raised
The available excerpt shows only this morning scene. The question in the headline, however, indicates that the author uses it to address how responsibilities are divided between parents and children, and how children learn to be independent in everyday life.
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