Dear Diary,
Have you ever felt like you need to be perfect? I feel like that every day. Every time I go home and see my mom. Every time I am in a classroom. Everyone expects so much from me and sometimes I just can’t handle it. I get a talk from my mom every day. “You’re supposed to be my good child,” she says. “Don’t mess up or be like your brother and sister.”
My family expects me to be “The Golden Child”. I need to go to college, I need to get a good job, and I need to do all these things. I am scared every day that I am going to mess up. The last thing I want to do is disappoint my parents. I get a lecture every day in the car or at dinner or anywhere. My mom tells me stories about what could happen if I don’t do this or if I do that. Almost every day I hear my siblings messed up and one day I wonder if that’s what my parents will say about me.
Have you ever felt like you need to be perfect? I feel like that every day. Every time I go home and see my mom. Every time I am in a classroom. Everyone expects so much from me and sometimes I just can’t handle it. I get a talk from my mom every day. “You’re supposed to be my good child,” she says. “Don’t mess up or be like your brother and sister.”
My family expects me to be “The Golden Child”. I need to go to college, I need to get a good job, and I need to do all these things. I am scared every day that I am going to mess up. The last thing I want to do is disappoint my parents. I get a lecture every day in the car or at dinner or anywhere. My mom tells me stories about what could happen if I don’t do this or if I do that. Almost every day I hear my siblings messed up and one day I wonder if that’s what my parents will say about me.