Dear anita,

I think you are right in a sense. I believe a parent helps a child to reflect on what happened, for example at school, and find a solution. But in this case, concerning interaction with other pupils, her advise usually wasn’t very helpful. My sister certainly  was able to give better advise to my nephew.

Still my mother is only part of the puzzle in this case. Other children would have developed better in this environment, my siblings certainly did.