readsfreenovel Chapter 1980 - 154: Do Kind Mothers Spoil Their Children?
Chapter 1980 - 154: Do Kind Mothers Spoil Their Children?
The old lady was taken aback.
"A doting mother will raise a spoiled child!"
Dong Huiying was speechless, "My child, of course, can’t be allowed to grow up crooked, but I ask the old lady, when the old lady was about Wu Wang’s age, did you ever encounter such matters?"
The old lady was once again silent.
This seemed to be the first time Dong Huiying had such a major disagreement with the old lady, and the disagreement mainly arose due to different child-rearing philosophies.
"Some people are ruthless but often have suffered psychological trauma. No one is born a murderer. Our Wangwang has parents, a happy family, and your love, old lady. He should live in a honey jar. Even if he has to deal with some matters in the future, it should be after the age of ten! Before that, old lady, pardon me for being blunt, forcing him ahead won’t aid his growth. Even with good intentions, it might have the opposite effect."
She needed to protect her child’s childhood.
Letting a child see blood, what does that count for?
If her son is frightened, and his personality is twisted from shock, who would compensate her for a naive and sensible son? What could possibly compensate?
In the past, when she heard about mother-in-law and daughter-in-law issues, Dong Huiying found it quite amusing. She had never married and lived alone, not understanding why there could be such sharply opposed relations.
But today, she had a profound experience.
Both were thinking of the child, but with different perspectives, different methods, and different approaches, each was well-intentioned but unable to comprehend and accept the other’s ways, therein lay the contradiction.
Just like the old lady thought she was spoiling the child, but how old was her Wangwang? At this age, why should he have to endure those bloody storms?
She didn’t want to hurt in the name of love, balancing education and protection appropriate to the situation, especially in such matters. Too early destroys a child’s innocence, leaving an indelible shadow on their psyche, whereas too late leads to naïveté, risking empathetic losses.
But, if possible, she’d rather Wangwang grow into an ordinary person than be involved in such bloodshed.
The old lady murmured, "I wasn’t planning to do it in front of Wangwang..."
"Yes, Huiying understands." She covered Wu Wang’s ears, lowering her voice: "You want to keep the last resort, expose everything else to Wangwang, so he learns to protect himself, avoiding future harm. Your considerations are correct, but I still uphold my personal view. I prefer he be mediocre than be killing. Whether to be this or that, I want to leave it up to him to choose, rather than us making such a life-altering decision without even asking his opinion!"
"He’s my son, your great-grandson, but at the same time, he’s Forgetless Liang, and he must live for himself!"
Old lady was speechless, with a complex expression. "Girl, grandma understands you want to protect Wangwang, you’re afraid he’ll get scared, and I will also feel distressed. But born in a family like ours, there’s never room for choice. Accepting certain things early isn’t necessarily bad."
Dong Huiying chuckled, stepping back: "Old lady, I respect you. But I am different from you, I yearn for simplicity, not believing I’m extraordinary. Our family is just one among the common multitude, all ordinary people, who’s nobler than whom."