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Show me the mother and I’ll show you the child quote

Show me the mother and I'll show you the child.

At the suggestion of a friend, I just started watching Army Wives.  I really didn’t need another show to watch.

I’m good with just Parenthood.

I love the story lines, even when they make me cringe.  um, hello Julia?  What are you doing?!

I’m only a dozen-ish episodes in on Army Wives (watching on Netflix) & towards the end of one of the episodes I hear the line:

“Show me the mother and I’ll show you the child.”
O.M.GOSH
That just kept echoing in my head days after I heard it.  It made me think about how similar our children are to us.
Good and bad.
My oldest daughter is compassionate and shows great patience.
I like to think she gets those gentle traits from me.
On the other hand, my daughter says nasty things about junk food… in front of people who are eating it!  How embarrassing!   Naturally, she wouldn’t know how bad junk food was, if it weren’t for me telling her!
It’s not that I want her to think junk food is good, I believe she needs to know the truth.
I realize though, that while explaining healthy food choices to her, I have failed to teach her how to still be respectful of the dietary choices others make (and honestly, we make sometimes too).
Then I realize, maybe I too am too quick to judge.  And that is a classic example of:
“Show me the mother and I’ll show you the child.”
So as a resolution, I am going to keep letting this phrase echo through my head and use it to shape myself into a better mother.
Perhaps you’d like to do the same?

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  1. Autumn says

    December 17, 2013 at 7:49 pm

    Have you read The Resolution for Women? She starts the book by talking about how we are constantly making resolutions, oftentimes without meaning to. It's awesome to purposefully make a resolution like this!

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  2. betterwife825 says

    December 18, 2013 at 3:37 am

    I have not read that. The title alone sounds like something I would like though. Thanks for the suggestion.

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