What type of parent am I? It is the second time that my friend Angel Cuala had invited me to join the Pinoy Parenting Blog Carnival (PPBC) 6th Edition I ignored the first time due to time constraint.
I don’t want to break his heart the second time so here I go, scratching my head while thinking what type of parent, I am.
I am a mother of an eleven year old girl, she is spending her last five years without me around, that suggest that I don’t need to answer his first question if I am willing to leave my kid to a nanny while working abroad. If may I borrow my employer’s ex brother-in-law’s words in last night’s party, it is so funny that I am working as a nanny while my kid grow up with a cousin who’s taking care of her.
She actually has a nanny since 3 to 6 months old, I don’t remember exactly but my mother had to hire somebody who can help me taking care of her because I need to go back to school. She sleeps with my parents and somebody was washing her clothes and bottles, how could I get as lucky as that, you would believe so?
To make the long story short, we lived together as sisters but to her, I am still her Mama. I am still the disciplinarian; you know how grandparents spoiled their first grandchild of course, so I stand as a chisel to whatever harm my parents could bring by giving her the most of everything.
I am not strict though. Not as strict as my friend Angel who is not allowing her 12 year old daughter to have a Friendster account (peace friend! Lol!)
I remember my aunt once asked me what if Aya become an activist like me (yes, I was) when she reaches the age that she believes she understand everything already.
My answer, of course, was she can do, whatever she believes is right, and she does it. I am just here for the guidance, BUT she needs to finish her studies.
I want her to discover her potential and her flaws. Also, I want her to learn from her imperfections.
It is so good to know that she is growing different from me, at an early age she is showing cleverness. I can see the artistic side of her in her profile page, so why would I impede her to the things she likes doing online?
I can’t believe, she already created two Friendster account, one shows the child in her and one shows the artistic side of her. She loves creating some dig scrap. And I can’t believe also that I am started checking her friends comments and asking who’s this and who’s that. Oh well, that’s the mother in me.
I am a mother, no need to ask what kind of mother I am to her, but I am starting to ask myself what I am to her. I guess, we need to talk about it later.
Now I don’t sound just a disciplinarian mother but also a friend to my daughter.
Below are the three digi scraps that she made.
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