She would become reluctant and the fun would relinquish. This would also limit her writing thus limiting the growth she could have in becoming a writer. Instead, it says in the essay to let her make mistakes, and quit if she wants to. The writer wanted the daughter to experience life herself. They suggested the mother insist her daughter spend time with family, let her write about crazy things, let her get a difficult job with little pay, let her experience hard work with little pay, let her buy books with her own money, and the list goes one. The phrase “let her” is stated twenty times in this essay, this shows how much letting someone accomplish and experience their own life is just as important as getting to the