Model Momma?

I can't stop a wandering mind, and mine wanders all the time. Especially when I am doing any form of exercise.

I was walking in the park this time.

I have lunch duty in a 3rd grade class every day. Basically I watch them eat, get them moving for recess and corral them back in. There is a student, Ben*, who every day gets his lunch hand delivered by Mom. She then sits with him and they chat in their language. 50% of the time he will choose to stay indoors and finish lunch with her. The other half of the time he goes outside with the other kids. Ben is a funny kid, in an off-beat way, but exhibits socially awkward tendencies. I can't help but think it might stem from being coddled. It got me thinking...


What kind of mom do I want to be? And what kind of boy do I want Harrison to be?

The more I thought on these questions the more I realized I seem to only think in terms of the negative. What I don't want to be, and what I don't want Harrison to be.

I don't want to be that mom that feels the need to supervise him constantly. Or the mom who lets him do whatever. Or feeds him whatever. Or pushes him to hard to do whatever. Or lets him give up on whatever.

But what do I want to be for Harrison?