More than a mom

By Jinny


The writer of this article is female whose name is Molly Smith and she has a child called Liam. This article is about the feeling of being a mother. Before Molly had a baby, she was a college athlete and traveled around the world. She also earned her master’s degree and had romantic relationship with her husband. That is to say, she had her own life and lived in her own ways. But after she had a baby, everything changed. She devoted all her time and energy to her baby and ignored herself. A month before she turned 30, she realized that even though Liam is the most important thing to her in the entire world, there still should be some moments for feeding her passion in life. She also needs to maintain her own identity, to be Molly, who loves her son and herself.


After I read this article, I was full of emotional thoughts. Mother is the person who loves us most in the world. With the love of mother, children could live a happy and colorful life. But on the contrary, after becoming a mother, a lot of women sacrifice too much for their children and family. They even lose their own identity. The needs of themselves are often put on the bottom of their list. Although I have to admit that this is a great action, from another point of view, I also consider this as a tragedy.


Firstly, people should live for themselves. In my opinion, although parents especially mothers love their children and want to do everything for their children, they should also consider about themselves. The action of loving children is only one part of life, and they should not devote all their time and energy to this part, because this could make their life boring and meaningless. My sister who is four years younger than me now staying at home and looking after her baby everyday. She does not care about the fashion, the news in the world and even her future. Living in that kind of life only one year, she becomes an ignorant and boring person. She even does not have common topic with her husband.


Secondly, mothers who are over concerned about their children may do harm to their children. Sometimes, children need to explore the world by themselves. We all know that practice makes perfect. Too much concerns from mother may set an obstacle for children to practice and make them become implicit and dull. I saw a TV show several years ago, there’s a mother who gave up her job and taught her child herself everyday. Both herself and her child all felt tired and stressful. At the end of that show, I remember clearly that the expert said it’s useless. What a pity of that mom and her child.


I totally agree with the idea of the writer. Women should not be a mom only, they need to be themselves and more than a mom.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/29/living/more-than-a-mom-irpt/index.html?hpt=hp_bn11