, what is the meaning of family? What do you think it means to be a parent, especially a mother? How do you relate to your parents or guardians when they are trying to give you advice?

For me, family is an emotional connection more than a heretitary lineage. The bond between a few people makes them family, not their blood. Being a parent/guardian is nothing more and nothing less than being the nurturing, cultivative figure in a child's life. This is why adoption is an option, because if "family" were restricted to only ancestral lineage, then those who have adopted children and adopted parents/guardians wouldn't be considered a family. Motherhood especially is based on the nurturing nature of a maternal figure. In nature, children often have bonds with their mothers, even if they aren't biological parents, because it is less a matter of who birthed them and more a matter of who cares for them.

When my parents give me advice, I take it more carefully than I would a stranger, or even someone else I trust, because my parents have put in so much time, energy, and resources into my survival and my thriving. Because of their efforts, I know I can trust them. Noone would waste time raising a child only to give them idiotic and/or destructive advice. So I take their advice, and I hold it dear more.

I hope this helps!

answer: third

explanation:

"everyday

use" was written by alice walker. this is a story about two sisters, dee

and maggie wanting to have the handmade quilt. maggie wants to use the thing

for its purpose, while dee appreciates it for being “her heritage”.   the quilt represents family heritage. it was

believed that only dedication and years of hard work can represent a  quilt. 

mama decided to give

the quilts to her less fortunate daughter, maggie because she believed that dee

could not hold the true meaning of their family heritage and   that she would not use the quilts for their

purpose. however, dee believed that maggie can’t appreciate the quilts just as

how she sees them, and she thought that the quilt will be put to “everyday use”

by maggie and within 5 years or so, the quilt will turn into a rag. in the story, dee strongly believed that maggie do not deserve the quilts.

explanation:

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