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I always take granted that I can understand the way in which the parental generation thinks.Since I am always the good on in parents' heart. However, I found that I was wrong.
My younger sister, a senior high school student, got ill the day before yesterday and cough a lot with low fever. Mum urged me to take her for doctor and injection. However, I do not want, most doctors will give you a prescription of antibiotics like cephalothin. I insist her to take some Chinese medicine to stop coughing.
Mum did not response when I explained her and sister about my worry, I was not sure whether she agreed with me or not, but she repeated that it is to take a drip that can relieve my sister's illness.
I gave up finally and took her to the doctor and of course cephalothin had been prescript.
Mum felt relieved.
Me? Confused so much, why? I was the right, why Mum no happy, however, I took sister to the doctor and no good at all. How should I explain to her? How can I make her understand that I really care about her health and her resistibility?
What is more, I found for the first time that my sister is so dependent on Mum and me. When I was a student, I always felt lonely and had to face illness and difficulties all by myself, and I did not want to see the same thing happen to my sister. Maybe I gave her too much help without realizing it! And when I ask her :
Do you know what kind of medicine to take if you got cough?
Yeah, she told me.
Then what? I asked again.
Medicine to cough, she said.
I felt so sorry about this answer. She is a student in senior high school and she is 18 years old already. While she dosen't know the name of the medicine if she gets cough.Then how will she spend her university life in the following 4 years, since she always told me she would like to go to Shanghai for university if possible.
What should I do??
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Post comment Comment (7 replies)
- Reply SmilingAngel
- Maybe she only knows that you were always there for her.
Wow.. I am confusing about your title "Generation Gap".
- Reply catnfish
- I think it happened to be a misapprehension between you. No worries I don't think your mum's going to judge you like that ~
- Reply linda_guo
- first, you still believe in our ancient chinese medicine, which is really a relief for me, because i also am a believer of chinese medicine. but nowdays most people have lost belief in it, some even treat our gem as rubbit or trick, which really makes me feel very angry. so maybe your mum is one of them, and we should understand her, after all she was too worried about your sister's illness. and the western medicine sometimes can take effect right away.
second, as to your younger sister, you are a good brother, always care about her and even worry about her future. take it easy, she is more strong than your imagination. she looks so delicate just because you and your parents are caring about her in every aspect, but once she leaves home, enter the college, she would adapt the new inviroment very quickly.
