In order to get out of grounding, in ninth grade, I had to write this esay on why mothers deserve respect. After writing it ,I showed it to my female teachers, and they loved it. So it's sort of an article on mothers.

There are many reasons why a mother should be appreciated and given respect. One reason mothers deserve appreciation is because mothers are able to tolerate much more irritation than most people, before they break down. Mothers also have to deal with being reprimanded because she was late getting back to work or a meeting because she had to drop her daughter off at a role-playing game or had to do some last minute shopping for her daughter. Mothers also deserve appreciation just for having to go through a week of pain every month in order to make it possible for her to give birth to a new generation of children! And then there is dealing with those children! (And they deserve appreciation for that every day and not just on Mother’s Day!) All the housework and last minute errands performed by a mother also deserve to be recognized and appreciated; like leaving work early because her daughter forgot her gym clothes again. Mother’s also deserve a lot of respect for the more unusual and bizarre things that they tolerate and do, like hearing strange questions from her daughter and then trying to answer her. Mothers are the ones who have to think of an appropriate and believable answer to give her three-year-old when she announces, “ Mommy, I know the difference between girls and boys...!” And making up stories to help that same three-year-old fall asleep later that night at 9:00 pm, takes a lot of creativity and calmness, which, after a long day at work, only moms can accomplish.That same calmness and creativity is needed for soothing tummy aches and booboo fingers or helping with “boy” and friend problems when that three-year-old is a teenager. Speaking of teenagers… mothers also deserve respect for having to deal with that rebellious fifteen or sixteen-year-old (also after a long day at work!). Trying to be, at least, a little bit cool for her teenager also deserves some appreciation, because trying to keep up with what is “in” each day is hard even for the teenager. Knowing when those “coming of age” things should begin, like starting to shave or date, are also complicated things for a mother to decide on. Disciplining a teenager is also hard to do without making her extremely angry and more rebellious. Mothers also deserve an extra round of applause when their child is born with a “disability” and they manage to raise that child to be as “normal” as possible. Plus, trying to get a three-year-old with ADHD to sit still and listen for just five minutes is almost impossible without screaming, unless you’re a mother. Let’s go back to having to deal with a toddler, for a second, shall we? Mothers also deal with their child going through the “terrible twos” stage, which is almost as hard as raising a teenager. The ability to create games and things to do on a rainy day and coming up with silly songs in less that one minute is also a reason for all mothers to take bow and receive a round of applause. Cleaning up her daughter’s mess after an hour of arts and crafts, and a long day at work also deserves respect. And providing her with the supplies to do arts and crafts, clothes that she’ll wear for a month and then grow out of, food to eat (or throw away), and all the other necessities there are, also deserves a great deal of admiration. The teenager will also probably request her mother, to loan $1.57 or more, even, when she overrides the amount of money that’s burning in her pockets, at the mall. And her mother has to deal with her daughter’s disappointment when she has to say “No” to lending her the money, because she always forgets to pay her mother back. All of these things are reasons why mothers should be appreciated and given respect, and remember no matter how irritating your mother can be, at times, just think of all the irritating things you’ve done over the years and how she dealt with it!