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From: Carla
Category: Category 1
Date: 8/3/02
Time: 12:28:37 AM
Remote Name: 64.158.186.178
My mother would get frustrated and abusive when I asked for help or when I made mistakes. Here's an example.
I've never been very good at math. It's not my forte. Consequently it's not my mother's either. When I was in elementary school I had math homework every night, and I would always need help with it. Every night my mother and I would sit down and she would explain the assignment to me. Usually i wouldn't understand it the first time it was explained so I'd ask her to go through it again. Sometimes I wouldn't get it on the second or even third try. Then my mother would become frustrated and furious. She would yell at me and accuse me of purposely playing dumb just to provoke her. She would tell me what an awful little girl I was before refusing to help me any more. This was an almost nightly occurence through elementary school, one that was very difficult for me because I genuinely didn't understand my math homework, and mother made it clear that she wasn't willing to help me with it. Eventually I stopped asking mom for help, and i stopped turning in my math homework.