The non-pushy mum is back in vogue
Bestselling author Adele Parks writes on the benefits of having a non-pushy mum September 12, 2019 - 13:49 BST Adele Parks We hear all the time about pushy parents, who sign their little ones up for every class going to get a head-start on success. Now best-selling author Adele Parks has spoken out about the opposite parenting style, the non-pushy mum.
Quite quickly I noticed a big gap between mum’s assessment of me and the reality. She thought I could sing even though I was the only girl in the entire school year who was refused entry to the junior school choir; she didn’t consider getting me singing lessons to improve, she simply declared that the music teachers were terribly mistaken. I had a sneaky suspicion they were not.Whilst she insisted I was beautiful, I noticed I was significantly overweight in comparison to my friends.
So if she didn’t push me what did she do? Well, I was gifted an electric typewriter for Christmas when I was eleven, even though it was expensive because I said I wanted to be a writer. Besides that, three things come to mind. One, she loved me unconditionally. Two, she taught me that working hard and trying were important. Three, she gave me time to get thoroughly bored and to discover self-reliance.
I also noticed that most of the sparky, funny women mum talked to hadn’t fulfilled their potential . There weren’t as many opportunities for women at the time, expectations were different. I thought this was wasteful - and mum had taught be that waste was a shame. I developed an understanding that things were changing; my generation had opportunities, we just had to reach for them.I don’t think I was alone in this nirvana of non-interference, I can’t remember any particularly pushy parents.
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