7 September 2010, 11:37 pm
Well, in my house education and respect are a BIG deal to my mother, a single parent of four children. Not even "B" fly with her, she wants all four of us to grow up to be a doctor, lawyer, dentist, something that has a respectable title to it. She only wants us to go to all black colleges be at the top of our classes. She makes me and my siblings study our Black history texts books and dig deep into our culture. She makes sure we are more than informed about what goes on in the world around us and put our smarts to the test daily. Church is a huge part of our lives and she will not have any slip ups from you about anything. "Watch your siblings backs at all times" "Don't let any man think you are worthless" "You are strong, young Black ladies, keep your head strong and your mind clear" All the time, my mother shows us that education is the key and without it, you're a lost one in this world. She wants all of us to get a Masters degree and stay close to her when we move out on our own. Respect is another thing you must have when facing my mother, even looking at her in what she thinks is a smart manner will get you into more trouble than it should, not only will you get it handed to you, but extra Black history homework for you for a whole week, and extra is like another 3 chapters a night! Man, your hand will be in pain after that! She wants up to grow up happy and successful and always ask us what our plans are in life, even my 8 year old little brother already knows he wants to work for NASA, she is more than proud about that! But, I fear that I may be disappointing her sometimes with my life dreams, I want to be a Video Game designer, she always just smiles and nods moving on to the next child. I just look down at my feet with confusion and a little shame. My mom want us to be smarter and more successful than her, she wants us to keep respect in ourselves and others and tells us not to accept any mess from anyone. See, with her she does not want us to date until we are in college, but when we get there, we are allowed to date anyone we want as long as he fits my mother strict requirements....but she has a little problem with Asian men dating her daughters and my brother dating Asian women. I do not live with my father, but I do see him every now and then. He was more that strict on this rule. "You are only allowed to date and marry Black men and that even goes for your brother, Black women only for him too!" He looked more than pissed when I brought this up to him. And yet, I do not live or even get to see my father every day, I was raised to respect your parents and obey their wishes....but truly, that is a rule I have to break! So, I will try my best on that one, but I still do have my own mind! But my father is a whole other story. This was not even the half of my mothers rules for us, but this thing is long as it is! So my question is : How do your mothers want you to act and be educated, is education a HUGE part of your family like mine is? Another thing, I am 16.... Read More »
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