Her lips thin. Nothing he says is particularly surprising, but the solution he proposes is not a solution, it's only a start. And it has to lead somewhere if it's going to be worth doing.
Eventually, she smiles. "You have just described the woes of every parent. The title 'Mother' sometimes feels far too appropriate. I know a mother in absolute despair because her teenage son has developed a drug addiction. He may well – let me see..." Here she pauses to read from the report: "Desire to have the freedom to make his own mistakes. But every mistake has consequences. Will they ever understand that?"
That has to be the end goal: to make them understand that Daybreak operates as it does for their own protection. Freedom has to be balanced with responsibility. Otherwise anarchy would reign.
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Eventually, she smiles. "You have just described the woes of every parent. The title 'Mother' sometimes feels far too appropriate. I know a mother in absolute despair because her teenage son has developed a drug addiction. He may well – let me see..." Here she pauses to read from the report: "Desire to have the freedom to make his own mistakes. But every mistake has consequences. Will they ever understand that?"
That has to be the end goal: to make them understand that Daybreak operates as it does for their own protection. Freedom has to be balanced with responsibility. Otherwise anarchy would reign.