How parents show love to their children

Gilllian Evans argues that the key difference between her and common as shit Sharon is that, as a mc mum, Gillian uses education as a means of forging a strong relationship with her children, whereas Sharon, as a (representative?) wc mum, is more likely to feel that efforts to educate her children actively interfere with showing them love and kindness. For instance, when her children were young, Gillian read to them repeatedly as a means of bonding and showing them affection - this results in them being very familiar and comfortable with reading, but also with them associating it with lovely things. And Evans feels that kids first they associate reading with love and bonding, only then later coming to love it for its own sake. In contrast, Sharon, who reads poorly and does not associate reading with pleasure, showed her love for her children through other means, eg by giving them more freedom to grow naturally, and by playing and joshing with them more.

In both cases, the mother is actively expressing love for her children, but only in the case of the mc mum is it in a way that better enables the child to succeed in an education-centred society.