I’m Learning To Let Go Of The Parent I Thought I’d Be

Abraham Gonzalez Fernandez/Moment/Getty ImagesI grew up in suburban Sydney with the Uber Mother. I don’t mean she drove people around in the back of her car, although she absolutely did that. I mean she was the supreme mother: motherhood polished to perfection.Let me take you back.In her kindergarten class photo, Mum is the only child holding a doll. Her childhood dream was to have twelve children. Her own mother teased that she’d have to learn patience, and to love doing laundry. Studiously, she set to work practicing both.She married and had six children. (I was the second.) Blue-eyed, with...

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