From: ibshambat@gmail.com   
      
   Someone once called me a mommy’s boy.   
      
   That is correct. I am a mommy’s boy. I have always been close to my mother.   
   My mother is a wonderful woman, and I can only wish that I could be like her.   
   For that matter my daughter is daddy’s girl. She too is very close to me,   
   and we enjoy a    
   wonderful relationship.   
      
   Since when did it become wrong for people to love their parents? Parents and   
   children should love one another. If parents and children don’t love one   
   another, something is wrong. There are many bad family situations. However   
   family or parenting as such    
   is not the problem. Family and parenting can, and should, be done better.   
      
   So some people think that children raised in loving homes are spoiled and good   
   for nothing. My daughter is competent at any number of things. I never had to   
   be strict with my daughter. She has always been a good kid. I don’t even   
   have to motivate her,    
   she motivates herself.   
      
   Is it spoiling the child to raise her with love? No it is not. It is in fact   
   very strengthening to the child. The child develops a good self-image and has   
   confidence in herself. The message she hears from her parents is, “You are   
   good, you are lovable,    
   you are worthy of good things.” And that can go a long way to helping the   
   child to have a good life.   
      
   So yes, I am a mommy’s boy, and I think that that is a good thing. A woman   
   as good as my mother deserves to pass on her legacy. Parents and children   
   should love one another, and more people need to be encouraged to do that. And   
   raising a child with    
   love is a valid thing to do.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)