Beautiful little story. Very polished for 5 day's work. Well done!

I remembered Rousseau's words in Emile, or On Education when introduced to the small box of experiences opened when we, for any reason, need to proceed outside the nature and rhythm in which we grew up. If, on one hand, emotional upbringing creates healthy bonds between peers, it also establishes an emotional dependence, which is shaken when challenged by external norms and expectations. While the mother has the pleasant figure of supporting the discovery of passions, the father provides the discovery that separates personal fulfillment from emotional obligation, reminding us that conscious absence is autonomy, different from indifference towards the unknown, which arises from fitting into pre-defined standards before we were born.