愛美麗的家長會

今天下午愛美麗學校的parent meeting。我本來就準備讓老邁去的，我要上班，但是想想愛美麗大了，還是應該去一下，就臨時換了病人，和老邁一起去。

老師給我們看愛美麗的作業，筆記，密密麻麻的字，看得我就頭疼，真是佩服這些老師。

然後給我們看了她最近做的一些測驗，她說愛美麗很好，是每個家長的dream child。她說愛美麗是班級裏唯一一個全A的孩子，特別是英文寫作。這點要感謝老麥，從小給她念書，和她一起看書，現在這麽大了，還是每天晚上跪在愛美麗床邊給她念故事。愛美麗對寫作和閱讀的興趣完全是老麥一手培養出來的。

然後我們也聊了一些班級裏一些drama，女孩子們大了，會搞一些小集團，帶誰不帶誰，我發現以前愛美麗的幾個好朋友現在都不一起玩了，孩子長大了，興趣也會有所不同，雖然老師平時好像不說不管，但是其實她都門清，不佩服不行。老師說愛美麗平時會幫助老師做一些事情，她說盡量不要讓孩子過早參與這些小集團的drama，如果沒有很要好的朋友也沒關係，就看看書，做一些自己的事情，而不是要強行去融入這些。這個深得我心，但是可能對孩子來說挺難的。畢竟她是那個每天需要麵對這一切的。

走出來，看到愛美麗站在夕陽下等我們，心裏有一種感動。忍不住過去緊緊抱住她。真的很感謝她做一個如此好的孩子，熱愛生活，熱愛家人，有一顆善良的心。

[elfie]

Mothers always worry about their kids, especially for girls.
It's not easy to be a woman or woman-to-be, that includes both the mom and daughter. It's called "the pain of growth", physically and mentally, for girls. It is foreboding because as a mother I have experienced it myself. It's not a joy ride at all. I wish she didn't need to go through those challenges that I had gone through. But I know one day she'll be a mother too, and probably someone's girlfriend or wife or being sacked by someone once or twice. I don't particularly feel worried about my sons'future. Because they have won the lottery by birth already to be born as males. Their paths are different. They're in the hurt lockers. Does it sound like the mother from " The Thorn Bird" ? Maggie was the only girl in the family. Mom sighed for her from the start: what could happen with this child? What good could it be to be Maggie?

[落花飄零]

回複 '嚴惠姍' 的評論 : 謝謝親。我覺得愛美麗都是她爸爸一手拉扯大的，我忙著鍛煉，哈哈

[落花飄零]

回複 'elfie' 的評論 : 兒孫自有兒孫福，我覺得孩子本性好的，以後都會好的，不要這麽擔心，哈哈

[落花飄零]

回複 'livinghere' 的評論 : 謝謝

[嚴惠姍]

愛美麗這張照片，有中央首長的氣派。每次看見都想笑。

[嚴惠姍]

愛美麗有個好爸爸。

[清漪園]

"別人家的孩子"背後都站著別人家的父母。

[elfie]

Girls' confidence usually plummets at 13. My daughter is 11, turning 12 in December. She has all As and is good at many things. But I'm afraid it'll change when she enters puberty. It's a turning point, and negative on girl's psyche.

[livinghere]

好閨女